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Richard Clarke
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 01:28 pm: | 
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Hi- I have a Yachica TL Electro, works fine except when the shutter speeds are 60 and 125. At those speeds, the mirror stays up,I can run the film advance and press the shutter release again, and the mirror will drop.
I removed the bottom cover, and there is an arm that does not release. when i look at the second shutter curtain, it does not close completely. Does the curtain tension need to be adjusted.
Any other suggestions?
thanks in advance |
bo
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 06:01 pm: |
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I don't have much knowledge but I have the same camera and mine does something simliar. I think mine is due to the fact that the mirror foam is degrading to the point where the mirror gets stuck up on the foam. The foam is quite gummy and crumbly these days.
I think if you look on ebay for the user Interslice, you can find kits that will let you seal the camera back up and replace the mirror foams. |
Alex
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 03:09 am: |
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Mirror foam replacement is one of the easiest of jobs to do and is quite a pleasant way of whiling away ten or fifteen minutes. I also use the Interslice kit, and for most of my cameras, a strip 37x3mm of the 2mm foam is just perfect. I've found that the easiest way of lining it up is to use the tip of a cocktail stick (or toothpick) to hold it in the centre at the sticky underside, line it up over the edge where it's to go, and tap it gently down with a second cocktail stick from the ends. Doing it that way, I've never had to lift it up again for repositioning. |
Richard Clarke
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 07:09 am: |
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Hi- thanks for the posts so far, but it is not the foam. There is a lever on the underside of the camera that does not release, when I release this lever manually, the shutter curtain will close, and the mirror drops.
My question is why only on a couple of speeds? |
Petar Janevski
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 02:54 pm: |
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Same problem with mine TL,
I have a solution but it is a 90% fix
You have to open the front cover not the botom and try to lock the mirror. When it locks you'll see that there is a little lever that some how does not release on time and gets stuck with another one. I guess that i due to loss of tension in the springs... Try puting a drop of oil on that lever and try again.
Works perfectly if you do one shot at a time, but if you want to make 3 or 4 rapid shots the mirror locks. |
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