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James_m
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Username: James_m
Post Number: 1
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 05:26 pm: | 
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Hi all, I wonder if anybody can help me please. I have just recently acquired a Minolta SRT100x but I am having some problems with the exposure needle. I have replaced the battery with a new one but the needle only works intermittently.Any ideas? |
Mikel
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Username: Mikel
Post Number: 79
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 05:59 pm: |
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Undoubtedly a bad electrical contact somewhere.
Without doing any disassembly, you can try this:
Clean the battery chamber and screw down holder. Move the meter switch back and forth forty or fifty times.
Move the f-stop ring on the lens around a few dozen times.
Rotate the shutter speed dial a few dozen times.
Check to see if any of this helps.
Report back here with the results. |
Wernerjb
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Username: Wernerjb
Post Number: 277
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 01:48 am: |
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Both the f-stop ring and the speed dial have definitely no influence on any electronic contacts in SRTs, W. |
James_m
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Username: James_m
Post Number: 2
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 02:32 pm: |
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Thanks for the info, I cleaned the battery chamber and adjusted the metal spring slightly and it seems to have remedied the fault,thanks again. |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 524
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 04:04 pm: |
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Another common issue in the SRT series is the ON/OFF switch: it's nothing but a brush that rubs on a surface conductor on a printed circuit board, and somewhat susceptible to both dirt and wear. It's easy to reach for cleaning by removing the baseplate. |
