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Mike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 03:58 pm: | 
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I just got my X370N from my grandfather who has had it in a box for 12 years. I took it out today and replaced the batteries however the film advance won't move and the shutter won't release. Anyone know what is wrong with it and how much it will cost to get it repaired? Thanks. |
Michael Linn
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 05:28 pm: |
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It's usually the release capacitor, which is very easy to get to. Take off the bottom plate and look for it on the rewind end. It's usually an aluminum 4 volt 220uf which you can get just about anywhere for next to nothing. Try to read the value printed on it in case it is different. When you get a new one, just touch the leads to the leads of the suspect capacitor while attempting to fire the camera. If you have pressed the shutter button to the point where the diodes have gone out, you need to turn the camera off and back on. If it now releases, you've found the problem. Unsolder the old one, cut the leads of the new one to fit, and solder it in. Remember that capacitors have polarity, so you have to have it right when you test it and when you solder it in! |
M Currie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 03:17 pm: |
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Before you get too far with this, do make sure that the battery contacts are good and the thing is actually getting enough juice. Do the LED's light up? Low battery is indicated by mode light blinking. Unlike some similar cameras that will still fire on one speed with dead batteries, the x-370 will lock the shutter when the batteries are too low to set exposure correctly. |
Andrew Bingham
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 02:23 pm: |
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This might help:
https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/forum/messages/2/2541.html?1091476044
I recently fixed an X-370 this way. I guess whatever locks the shutter at low battery levels didn't work quite right, and the shutter didn't make it all the way across. Works fine now, although I guess it could be a smyptom of a larger problem such a failing release capacitor or a shutter issue. My friend was pretty happy though. |
