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     Rick_oleson Tinkerer Username: Rick_oleson Post Number: 642 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
No, I don't know of a way to avoid pulling the shutter. In these models, there is not really any shutter release system per se in the shutter: the wind linkage in the body charges the shutter springs and then locks, so that the pinion gear from the body is jamming the shutter in the cocked position. When you press the shutter release button, what you're doing is letting the cocking gear spin backwards and that allows the blades to cycle. If you have the system jammed in mid-wind, my thought would be that by removing the shutter from the body you might be able to let the pressure off and clear it. Even at that, though, I'm not 100% sure, as the jam may be more in the body mechanisms than involving the shutter. Speed problems in the Contaflex also are more often actually caused by the aperture mechanisms sandwiched between the body and shutter than by the shutter itself. To reach these, you have to remove the shutter from the body. On the plus side, the screws holding the shutter to the body are hidden inside the film chamber and not on the pretty cosmetic stuff on the outside. |