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Fanuja
Tinkerer
Username: Fanuja
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 10:13 am: | 
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I recently was given a Vitesa and I can't get the camera to open. I followed the directions in the manual,but that doesn't work. The combi-plunger and the release buttom are locked down. The release buttom is flush with the surface of the camera is that correct? I don't know what the model is and it has no light meter. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You
Joe |
Ethostech
Tinkerer
Username: Ethostech
Post Number: 98
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 07:48 am: |
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No. You could only be referring to the "barn-doors" Vitessa model. The doors open and the plunger auto-extends when the shutter-release button is depressed. The shutter release button should not be flush with the camera top-plate. It should be standing proud at all times. Have you misinterpreted the User Manual and are mistakenly using the film rewind sprocket release button as under the camera's baseplate ? |
Fanuja
Tinkerer
Username: Fanuja
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2008
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 04:17 pm: |
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Yes, this is a "barn-door" Vitessa model. The release button is flush or a little lower than the surface and the combi-plunger is in the locked down position. Regarding the release button when I look down upon it I see a hollow tube and I am assuming that this is not what I should see, there should be a top or maybe another piece that goes into this open tube. So I am in a quandry as to how to proceed. I know absolutely nothing about the history of the camera.
Thanks,
Joe |
