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Blackplanet
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Registered: 10-2008

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Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 03:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hi. I've just bought an SV which seemed to be working just fine except the bulb setting didnt stay open loonger than 2 seconds. In playing around to try and understand how to get it working I seem to have used a bad combination of lever pulls, shutter presses and dial rotations and ended up with the shutter dial stuck on the B setting. It rotates about +/- 5 degrees but no more.
I'm intending on taking the top cover off to see if theres any obvious jam, but wanted to ask if anyone has experienced this before, or any advice on whether as a first time camera mechanic I'm getting in too deep.
Any help will be greatly appreciated as I'm very excited about shooting some B&W film again after all the digital of the last few years!
Thanks.

Marc

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