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     L_n_h Tinkerer Username: L_n_h Post Number: 31 Registered: 09-2007 Rating: N/A |
Users of Praktica MTL3 and 5 cameras will no doubt be aware of the design fault which occurs when the camera is jolted a bit too hard (usually running with it in my bag does it). The shutter or something basic jams and you can see nothing through the viewfinder but blackness. Nothing seems to unjam it apart from pointing the camera at something random and firing the shutter release, which unjams the fault and takes a photo as normal. (The resulting pic develops normally but tends to be blurred or wrongly exposed simply because one cannot do the usual focus/exposure adjustments while the camera is 'blind'). Is there any way to unjam the fault quickly without unscrewing the whole mechanism? (which I have done but this is not practical when outdoors). Perhaps we can just unscrew the lens and solve the problem from there? Anyone any ideas? PS-It may not actually be the shutter which jams but some other moving part, like a mirror for instance, which may explain the complete blackness seen through viewfinder. |