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James Winans
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 01:21 pm: | 
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about every 2 or 3 times i fire my spotmatic the shutter sticks leaving it black when i look through it it will reopen after i fire another shot off i dont know if it is sticking closed or open. can anyone relate to this or help me |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 02:15 pm: |
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One cause of this is the mirror-return linkage getting sticky, and the shutter doesn't have enough power to trip it at the end of its travel. A cleaning should clear it up....
Another possibility is that the shutter and mirror are both fine, but the mirror just got stuck to the little strip of foam rubber at the front edge of the focusing screen. This stuff can be cleaned off and replaced when it gets gummy.
Next time it sticks, before winding on for the next shot remove the lens. If you don't see film, then the shutter closed before the works stopped. Now very gently pull down on the front edge of the mirror with your fingernail. If the mirror snaps down, then it was just stuck to the foam up on top.
A good source of replacement foam stuff is Jon Goodman.....
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Ed
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 03:17 pm: |
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another possibility is that the curtain tension has gotten weak so that the second curtain does not travel with sufficient force to trip the mirror release. |
John Bailey
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 09:49 am: |
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Hi, which curtain is the one which trips the mirror release? The inner or outer curtain? Thanks. John |
JERRY FERNON
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 08:18 am: |
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Hi, My ASAHI H2, has a wrinkled curtain and sticks.Is there therapy or does it require replacement,if so where? |
John Tomaszewski
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 07:07 pm: |
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Hi all,
I just received a used Spotmatic that is generally in good shape but is very spotty on the mirror return. At 1, 2, 4, and 8 it almost never returns down, and above that it's about 75%. The foam is OK and the mirror doesn't stick to it. I'm new to camera repair but I've read through books by Romney and Tomosy to see if it's something I can tackle myself. From those books, the stuff I've read here, and what I see when I take off the bottom plate is seems like it might be that the tension on the second curtain is too weak and it's not tripping the mirror release (I can send pictures if anyone cares to help diagnose). I tried tightening the screw though (turned it clockwise 3-5 times,) and didn't see much of a change. How many turns is reasonable? I think Romney said try 3 turns so I was afraid to try much more. Thanks in advance for any input. |
