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Scott
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 09:59 am: | 
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Need advice on hard-to-press shutter release.
I can cock and release the shutter, but releasing the shutter requires pushing SO hard on the button that it's impossible to release the shuuter without shaking the camera. It's THAT hard, and at the point of release, the button seems at the absolute BOTTOM of its travel.
Has anyone been deep enough into one of these to tell me what's wrong? Is this shutter relased by mechanically tripping some lever, or simply by closing a electronic switch or contact?
This one has lots of wires, circuit boards, capacitors, etc, and that makes me afraid of trying to dismantle it. I suirted in some contact cleaner in the immediate vicinity of the release plunger, but to no effect. Any help appreciated! |
WernerJB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:38 am: |
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Frankly speaking, squirting in contact cleaner without any knowledge of where it goes, what it does is a rather senseless measure. Did you expect to outsmart the "lots of wires, circuit boards, capacitors" that way ? It says on the front this camera has an electronic shutter, so it does not work (properly) without batteries. It usually has a VERY soft and decent shutter release, if yours hasn't, find out what's wrong first, disassembly follows the usual routine. Maybe somebody else had it apart and reassembled it the wrong way (as was the case with mine). I own several of these fine cameras, and although some had "died" from leaking batteries with green wet grime all around inside, even on the electronic parts, all (!) of them work, I have never seen one with a faulty shutter (board). |
Scott
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 10:28 pm: |
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I thought it was making it plain that what I was asking for was helpful advice regarding this particular problem on this particular camera.
Of course, I often take cameras completely apart if I'm sure that's the only way to fix a particular problem. But I admit there have also been times when I have taken apart a camera, and then found it difficult or impossible to get it back together again. So, because I took an oath to do no harm, I'm not at all averse to dripping in a bit of solvent or oil here and there if I think that will make the camera easier and more pleasant to use, and will not cause some other problem.
If there some shutter contacts to clean, I have not found out the easiest way to access them. I think they may be near the bottom of the cameras, but I can't even get the bottom plate off. Any good-natured advice would be appreciated. Thanks  |
WernerJB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 04:46 am: |
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Sorry if I got you wrong, try http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/restorelink.htm and Babel Fish's translation (it sometimes does not work, though).
The downward end of the release button has two protruding tips for triggering off the selftimer (if cocked) first, then mechanically closing the contacts you can see in the third picture of the above mentioned source's entry on Petri Computor 35. Fortunately I did not have to adjust anything there, so I do not recall if a prolongation of the stem towards the switchboard is possible. But if one is a bit careful the whole thing is not too coplicated to disassemble for inspection (and perhaps see what obstacle is in the way), as the program shutter's blades form the aperture opening and close again at the very end of the release process, you are right on that. But no force is usually necessary here. Without batteries installed nothing will happen at all. |
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