Pentax me battery problems

[Tsheltry]

Hello, I recently bought a Pentax ME along with a couple lenses, it quickly became my favorite camera over my canon and praktica slrs because it's so small but sturdy. But I'm having trouble getting it to work properly. I know it relies on a battery for the meter and shutter so I replaced them with energizer 357s that are supposed to replace lr44s and it still only fires at the default speed and no meter🙁. Any help fixing my problem would be really appreciated because I don't want to just throw it to the side of I can help it.

 

[johnf04]

Has it been working correctly for you? Are the battery holder contacts clean? Are the cells in the holder the right way round - negative to the cap?

 

[Dan Daniel]

If you are up for it, it is sometimes worthwhile to pull off the bottom plate. You can see either broken-off wires or corrosion. Sometimes....

Contact Eric Hendrickson for advice and repairs-
http://pentaxs.com/
https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/columns/twenty-questions-eric-hendrickson-interview.html

 

[Tsheltry]

Everything mechanical is working good. It's something electrical I think. The contacts look perfect. I pulled the bottom plate last night and everything looks good. I'm going to see what else I can find.

 

[Tsheltry]

Update. I had the batteries in backwards. That's embarrassing.😛

 

[dourbalistar]

Update. I had the batteries in backwards. That's embarrassing.😛

I guess you need to update the thread title to "ME problems". 😉

 

[oftheherd]

Update. I had the batteries in backwards. That's embarrassing.😛

You aren't the first and you won't be the last. :bang: