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     Dmh Tinkerer Username: Dmh Post Number: 18 Registered: 04-2010 Rating: N/A |
This issue appears to be solved. I'm naturally averse to disassembling the camera, so I depressed the shutter and dropped a little lighter fluid into the gap around the button. Then "exercised" the button 40-50 times in the hope of getting the fluid onto the copper strip in the switch and removing some or all of the dirt on it. The first application reduced the problem, and the second all but eliminated it. After three applications the fault seems to be fixed. Of course since the fault was an intermittent one in the first place, it is difficult to say for sure that it won't recur. But the shutter now seems reliable enough to justify a roll of film. CO contact cleaner would have been a logical choice for the job, but a bit riskier to the surounding materials and lubricants. Whatever the case, lighter fluid seems to have achieved the desired effect. Thanks again for your help Gez. |