Fujica AX-3 shutter releases when adv...

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Author Message   Ree Tinkerer Username: Ree Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 04:01 pm:        I have a Fujica AX-3, and the trouble is that ever time I manually advance my film the shutter releases (click)as if I have taken a picture. Then of course the shutter button won't work, because the shutter has already been snapped. Can any one in lighten me as to what the problem might be. I am planning to take it in for repair, but am afraid that it will need something that I don't have (a part). I do have another AX-3 that I use for parts, but it doesn't have a working micro chip. I'm really hoping that this camera doesn't need that part. Thanks   Ethostech Tinkerer Username: Ethostech Post Number: 85 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 07:23 am:        It's a while since I pulled an AX3 apart - and I see I have no service photographs on archive. However - if you remove the baseplate and watch the action as you cock the shutter you will see a spring-loaded pawl which drops into the visible cam of the second curtain. It is obviously not dropping into place. Probably nothing more needed than a microdot of oil on its pivot shaft. Good luck.

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