Konica S3 - give away (in the need of repair)

[Matus]

OK, so I have decided to give away for free my Konica Auto S3. The cameras was apart from the non working aperture read out in fully working order (and mint cosmetic order) - until I decided to repair the stuck aperture indicator in the viewfinder. This got stuck after the camera felt hard on stone floor (fortunately covered with a thin carpet) in Spain.

But my DIY repair attempt failed and introduced another problem - jammed film advance, and, one little part fell out (not broken - seem just unglued). As I am not an experienced technician nor do I posses the repair manual - I decided to end this relationship and set the Konica free.

So - the camera is available for FREE (you get to pay the shipping though - I am located in Germany) to anybody who has either the ability to repair it or can have it repaired for reasonable money. I would love to hear that this camera made it back to life.

If you have questions then please ask them HERE

PM me only with your interest. Please do share why is this camera interesting to you. I would prefer to give this camera to a student or somebody who may not be able to get a working one, but keep in mind that this camera NEEDS A REPAIR.

The detailed information of the camera's state can be found HERE

I will happily answer your questions - just ask them in this thread.


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So - this is the camera in question before it fell on hard floor:

 

[Matus]

Guys, you are kidding me! I am offering you a camera FOR FREE that with little educated help could get back to life and you do not even give me sympathy for loosing this little nice camera? What kind of world to we live in ... 😉

C'mom - don't be so shy and take it before in lands in an recycle bin for electronic waste. You do not want that to happen, don't you !?

The camera is for free - so my hands are tied to make the deal much better for you 🙂

 

[Matus]

The S3 is spoken for ..

 

[Matus]

S3 went to new home.

 

[Brian Legge]

Glad it found one. 🙂 I have a S3 at home that isn't metering I still need to sort out or I would have been all over this.

 

[Matus]

Yes - the S3 is a little nice camera. But I realized that to get it serviced properly would probably cost more than I payed for it (not cheap .. oh well), so I decided to give somebody else the chance.

 

[nikon_sam]

I was going to take it just to make you feel better...even though I really don't need another camera...glad someone else got it...