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Tinkerer
Username: Tchan
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 02:03 am: | 
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Hello and good day! Any help is much appreciated!
I was recently experimenting with an old Minolta XG-M camera and not realizing that I had come to the end of my roll forced the winder to far. Now, it moves freely back and forth without advancing the roll, as if its been disconnected. As a fairly new photography student and certainly a beginner to camera repair, I was hoping that someone might be able to give me advice on whether or not this is fixable problem and if so, how I might I might go about restoring it to functionality. I scanned the forum looking for similar posts but could not find any; if this has been discussed before a point in the direction of that post would be lovely!
Thank you:-) |
Rick_oleson
Tinkerer
Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 852
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 08:27 am: |
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You might try removing the bottom cover and looking for damage. There is a long link in the bottom that is made of soft steel, if too much force is applied to the wind lever this can be torn up pretty badly - I have a photo of one in this condition in my notes. The wind system in the XGM is not very robust. |
