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Winfried

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Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 12:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I am currently trying to get one of these back to life. The electronic circuitry seems to be something like a very early version of what was later implanted in the (full format) Electro35. The circuitry seems to work more or less (under/overexposure lights come on at reasonable conditions) but the shutter either stays open forever or runs at top speed. The shutter blades are terribly gummed, and since there is a lot of corrosion inside it seems impossible to separate the shutter from the body.

Anyhow, any help or ideas will be appreciated.
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Winfried

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Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Did not find too much on the web, except for this page:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/daisaku/d74.htm

It's a bit hard to read (even if translated by google) but it clearly shows that a leaf contact (on the right of the slide contact assembly) was misbent, maybe this was the culprit. The timing capacitor is OK, I replaced it by two tantalum capacitors (as usual on Electros it had an odd value of 3.9 micro-farads - 3.3 and 0.47 switched in parallel will do the job).

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