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Erin Boyd
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 05:52 am: | 
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I have recently acquired a Himatic 7s that only required the fitting of new light seals and the finder cleaned, plus a new S76 silver oxide battery fitted to be a usable camera. The shutter button has a very high initial resistance, and long travel, although with practice a suitable release can be achieved. I have several other fixed lens Rangefinders including G series Yashicas and a Lynx 14 plus Konica Auto S2, and none of these have a high resistance shutter like the Himatic 7s. Could someone please tell me if this stiff shutter release is normal on the 7s. |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 12:15 pm: |
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Hello Erin,
The Hi-Matic 7S does indeed have a fairly stiff shutter release, with long travel. This due to the design of the auto exposure mechanism in the camera (without going into a long technical litany).
It is a great camera - enjoy it!
Jan |
brano
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 07:35 pm: |
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Erin,
On my Minolta Hi-Matic 7S total shutter release knob travel is about 7 mm, first 1.5 mm is fairly light, then it suddenly increases.
Take your camera upside down and put it so that it rests on the knob and a suitable spacer beneath the rewind lever. You can balance it on one thumb while holding it lightly in the other hand. The knob should be depressed to just about same point where force increases, but not into high force travel zone. Then just a light touch on the bottom of the camera should push the knob all the way in.
Same thing with Hi-Matic 9, it seems that camera weight itself, slowly appplied, is not enough to release the shutter.
In software support lingo: "It's not a bug, it's a feature."
Try some 800 ASA film with your Minolta, you are not going to believe it!
Brano |
Erin Boyd
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 01:25 am: |
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Thanks for the info guys, I had a feeling that may be the case. It meets the specifications of the upside down test just as you described it brano. Glad that I don't have to tinker with it any more, just put a couple of films through it to see how it goes. I will try some Fuji 800 asa in a little while.
I have been bitten by the bug, I have a Hi-Matic 7s11 arriving tomorrow.
I don't know whether to curse or thank all of the excellent sites, especially this one, for turning me into a classic camera tinkerer! |
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