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craig mentzer
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 07:41 pm: | 
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i bought this camera in the late 70's. it has preformed flawlessly up until this week. i went to load the film and the camera locked up on the first stroke of the advance lever. i replaced the battery and nothing changed. the light meter is working with the shutter button at half stroke, the battery check button function is working also. the film rewind button was stuck down. i removed the botttom plate and moved the two links underneathe the rewind button to relase it to it's normal position. but it had no effect. while i had the bottom plate off i was able to move a link to reset the shutter curtian to the open position and this also brought the mirror back down. but the camera will not operate. is this fixable or should i look for a replacement body. |
Clive Mc Donnell
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 02:36 am: |
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This may be fixable, I would need a little more information from you before I can give you a 'yes' or 'no'.I am a camera technician specialising in these cameras. |
mike wilcox
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 12:48 pm: |
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Still sounds like battery problem (maybe one thats underpowered?). I had exactly the same thing a couple of months ago and changing the battery solved the problem! Check the instruction manual to make sure the needle is deflecting enough when pressing the batt. check button. |
craig mentzer
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 06:40 pm: |
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i ended up removing the top cover and cleaned all the shutter contact surfaces. now everything is working perfectly. thanks for all the replies. |
