That Tuesday where three cameras walked in with the same shutter issue

Had a day last fall where three different Pentax Spotmatics came in, all with the sticky shutter issue on the same horizontal curtain. First one I figured was a fluke. Second one made me check my calendar. Third one I just stared at for a minute. All from different owners in the same week, all delivered within a two hour window. I still don't know if there was a bad batch of lubricant floating around or what. Anyone else seen a weird cluster like that?

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irismartinez4d ago

Three Spotmatics in two hours is wild. Were all three from the same year of production, or did they span different serial number ranges? That would tell you if it's a single bad batch of grease or just the universe messing with you.

thomas.parker3d agoMost Upvoted

Saw a video where a repair guy said mid-70s Asahi had a run of bad lubricant.