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Tinkerer
Username: Kiwisnapper
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 06:07 pm: | 
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Hi, I recently bought a 2ndhand yashica tl electro x(ITS edition), this is my first film camera and my first slr camera and am very excited about using it but unfortunately I have hit a brick wall in getting it ready to use.
The problem is that although my lens aperture closes down to the correct size when pushing firmly on the exposure check lever it does not close all the way down to the correct size from about f4 to f16 when the shutter is operated, I use the b setting to see clearly what the size is. The problem almost disappears if I lock the mirror up manually before pushing the shutter release and when I add the new foam to the mirror the problem becomes worse so it's as if the diaphragm lever can only reach it's full swing only when the mirror also swings all the way closed. The lens diaphragm seems to be fine, there is no indication that the problem is in the lens. Looking at a not so clear exploded diagram of the inside of the camera it does look like these to things are linked together which makes sense I guess. Anyhow as to the exact cause I am stumped, maybe a loose spring or some rotten sponge that has fallen into the mechanism, whatever the cause I assume I will have to open her up to find out. I am a bit scared about this, especially removing the top of the camera casing which it looks like i need to do. I have hunted the internet high and low using google for anything on this camera that might help, I have searched the forum archives here without success on both the dismantling and the problem.
And by the way the lens does not have a manual diaphragm setting so I can't get around the problem that way.
Anyhow any advice on this tricky problem would be much appreciated, thanks. |
