I have a seized Spotmatic battery cover (I think there's a leaked battery in there), in the case of the Spotmatic, the whole battery enclosure, including the cover is part of the baseplate. I've tried coke & WD40 (but have given the boiling oil trick a miss!). I have a spare baseplate which would fix the issue if I had another battery cover (but they're ££ on eBay). My next plan is to try and freeze just the cover - hoping it will contract and 'crack' any battery gunge in there - quite how I can do that is a different question.

My MX battery cover has two holes in the coin slot about 1cm apart (similar to those on the wind lever hub) - maybe there's a tool allowing more leverage than a coin would allow (the current 5p is my preferred implement)?

Hi All,

There have been some recent threads where forum members have been looking for K10D's for the CCD sensor. The Real Camera Company (as it suggests, a real camera shop in Manchester) have one in their eBay shop with 3 days to go:link

I've bought various bits of Pentax 6x7 gear from them over the years with no complaints: link

John.

Withdrawn from sale - I've found a use for them.

For sale: Original Pentax Refconverter for the Spotmatic & K series cameras, comes with the leather case.

This appears to use a mirror rather than a prism as the viewfinder is reversed left to right. The corners of the frame are just about visible and the aperture readout on the KX is also visible.

This will not fit later cameras.

£25 with UK postage.

Thanks for looking,

John.

M 35/2.8 is SOLD.

Hi All,

I have P6x7 Extension tubes 1 & 2 for sale (tubes only no caps or case): £40 with postage in the UK.

Thanks for looking.

John.

PM sent

MEII winder SOLD.

PM sent, MEII winder reserved.

Yep - it's more of a battery tray and it's fine.

MX Winder is SOLD

M35/2.8 is reserved