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Dustin Davis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2004 - 06:32 pm: | 
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I just got a camera from my grandmother and I just got new batteries and everything. When I go to advance the film the lever moves but it does not advance, what is the problem? |
Jim
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 - 10:30 am: |
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I really like the Konicas, but they fail in mech. and electronic ways that are unique to that camera. In this case, as well as many other cameras,much of the clock work, under the bottom panal, depends on intact coiled hair springs.
Winding the cocking arm advances the film, and cocks the shutter then disengages itself so that a firing sequence can take place.The bottom of the camera reveils this to you.Notice that a number of small claw, or wedge like parts move in and out of the chain of events, temporaily holding things into place 'till the whole firing system is activated. All of these steps are temorary, and disenguage Except the film advance and the triggerd shutter mechanism which are "locked" and can be released only when the shutter button is pressed-just like cocking a bolt action, rifle or semiautomatic rifle or shotgun.Look for a loose or floppy coil spring "tail", and hook it back in place.The best way is to look at the bottom of a functioning camera and compare the sequence to see where it fails.This is not to deminish the necessity of keeping magnet coil heads, and contacts clean, and following through the sequence with a VOM to make sure that line is intact.Also look at cocking array to see if someone has stripped the advance gear teeth by pulling a roll of film out, without engauging the reverse button on the bottom of the camera.The primary goal is to see what's generaly wrong so one can decide if it's worthwhile to continue.This is Very simplplistic advice, but that's how everything starts.Then get older, cheap cameras and tear them down, until you can do it AND put it back together.Then get repair manuals. |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 - 01:07 pm: |
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REPAIR MANUALS?????
sissy
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