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Ken Bangerter
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 02:34 pm: | 
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Why criticize the guy for asking, the problem is generic. Bent shutter blades can be straightened, it's not quick or easy, like a do it yourself appendectomy. Clamp the blade between two flat pieces of steel for metal blades, aluminum, copper, brass or steel for hard rubber blades. Heat the assembly to where a drop of water sizzels, not so hot it dances on the surface, abour 212 degrees F. for rubber blades, to only about 160 degrees F for polycarbonate blades used in vertical travel focal place shutters, or until the steel assembly turns blue to straw colored for steel blades, let the assembly cool in the air until it can be handeled and disassemble. The blades will be flat and stress relieved, reassemble the shutter. Proof your technique on junk blades if possible. |
WernerJB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 03:49 am: |
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"Sheeky" (he?) never appeared again after Jan 12. This is to say there is no reason to side with him/her, as nobody criticised him/her for asking as such, but for asking too vaguely. How can you help somebody who does not inform you about what their problem is like?
On the other hand I appreciate the new thread on bent blades. Has anybody ever tried out that method? |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 07:52 pm: |
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I have straightened bent blades in vertical-blade focal plane shutters and in the Minox shutter (in a rare case where the blade was bent but not broken). Neither case required heating. What I did for the Minox was place the bent blade on a steel plate and rub the top surface of it firmly with a stainless steel spoon (other tools will work, but a spoon is a good shape for it) until the wrinkles had been worked out of it.
At this point the blade is no longer wrinkled but it isn't flat either - it is curved upward at the ends. To correct this, I flipped it concave-side-down and repeated the rubbing process until it returned to a flat shape.
The process for the 35mm shutter was similar, but instead of the plate-and-spoon (difficult with a cluster of blades riveted together), I put the blade between the arms of a pair of tweezers and drew the wrinkles out - again creating a curve in the blade which I cancelled out by reversing the orientation of the tweezers.
It's a little hard to describe, but I'll be happy to send a sketch to anyone who wants to email for it.
rick : ) = |
Rob
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 11:45 am: |
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There's always the option of making your own blades. You can get peelable shim which is used in the aircraft industry, and when your piece is cut out to match the damaged blade, you can then peel off the layers until you reach the desired thickness. It saved my Ikonta. |
Brianna
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 08:03 pm: |
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where can i get a new focal plane shutter for my mintola maxxum 7000? |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 08:28 pm: |
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Brianna:
PAPERWEIGHT! |
WernerJB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 12:18 am: |
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Richard Rex, King or whatever you may please to call yourself besides being #3: PLEASE STOP BEING SO BOSSY ! This ain't funny any more but rather ridiculuos. Maybe you suffer from an overdose of false self-esteem. There is nothing wrong with being neurotic as long as you act it out in solitude, but spare everybody else from overdoing that psychic inclination, PLEASE. |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 01:24 pm: |
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Dear WernerJB:
Thanks for prefacing your all-caps exclamation-pointed "STOP BEING SO BOSSY !" with "PLEASE". (A spoonful of sugar always helps the medicine go down.) But I must confess I miss your point. If we put aside the issue of whether a Maxuum 7000 should even be discussed on this board, do we really think Brianna was ready to put a shutter in (if that was even the problem) or that it was going to be worth it to her to pay someone else to do it? My vote -- perhaps solitary -- is no.
My answer was really quite similar to the advice you gave to Dave on his Super Paxette: I took off the top cap from mine ... and the spring came out like Jumping Jack Flash, this cured me from German cameras. Take my advice: do NOT open it before you have found out about how to reinstall everything. Mine is still in parts !
I reduced my advice to one word: "Paperweight!" [shorthand for: it is highly unlikely that this will be successful or economical].
If you find this bossy or ridiculous might I politely and courteously suggest you don't bother to read anything posted by me in the future. I'm sure many people have already come to that rather simple solution on their own.
As for an "overdose of false self-esteem" you may wish to consider your own posts in this regard; for example, just because you weren't up to repairing a Super Paxette does it necessarily follow that Dave isn't up to the task? Implicit in your answer was the assumption that Dave's abilities were beneath your own. If I were interested in playing at Dr. Freud I suppose I could label this an "overdose of false self-esteem" -- but I'm not, I'll label it "common sense" and pat you on the head for giving David some sincere advice. My advice to Brianna, terse as it was, was no less sincere.
Now p l e a s e take my sincere advice to you and ignore any other post you see from me. I, on the other hand, will continue to read yours with interest. As much as I dislike the Canon Rebel and Minolta Maxuum questions (and questioners) I truly appreciate the information I glean from this board.
Remember, no more reading my posts, p l e a s e.
Cordially, Richard Rex |
WernerJB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 02:37 pm: |
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Henry iii, as you rightly say, you miss the point.
Poor man! |
WernerJBs Biggest Fan, Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 02:56 pm: |
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Epilogue: Lost in all this intense drama is Brianna ... will her precious "classic" Maxxum (spelling?)7000 ever be recalled to life? That will give me some sleepless nights. |
Henry Tudor
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 08:13 pm: |
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'tis pity this Digital Witchcraft were not present on the Field of Bosworth. That the World wouldst know what befell perfidious Richard at mine hand. Yet once again doth seem he plagues this happy throng. Be there no Squire with wit enough to rid us of this quarrelsome knave.
Henry Tudor |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 08:25 pm: |
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A mouse, a mouse, my kingdom for a mouse! |
Brianna
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 08:40 pm: |
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all very funny but my cameras still broke!  |
Glenn Middleton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 08:50 pm: |
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Brianna,
You could try the main agent or distributor. Failing that try a repair shop that specialises in Minolta. Some will only supply if they do repair, but I have purchased spares from a number of repair companies in UK. It all depends on number of spares held, age of model/popularity etc and phase of the moon!
Your other option is to look on eBay or elsewhere for a spares body.
Sorry I cannot be more helpful.
Glenn |
Ron
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 10:12 am: |
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Brianna:
There haven't been any parts for the Minolta 7000/7000i in years, Minolta stopped supporting it about 10-11 years ago, if I recall right. They weren't known even then for stocking spares for very long, always introducing a new, different AF model instead of fixing the old one. I very much doubt that even an independent shop would have any stock of NOS parts like shutter module assemblies, at this late date.
Glenn's advice on stripping another used body for the shutter is OK as far as it goes (as long as it's not TKO as well). But the 7000 series is very old and starting to suffer a myriad of electronic difficulties, from breakdown of the aperture stopdown solenoid (again, no spares), AF module, IC failure, circuit board failure, etc, etc. You may end up traveling a path in terms of cost where you could literally spend 2-5 times what a working, more modern secondhand AF Minolta body would cost you.
If you really want an AF Minolta (because you have lenses already??) or you just like them, why not save time and $$ and get a used Minolta body that's a bit newer, not too consumer-level (Minolta made a LOT of cheaply-built low-end AF cameras), and in excellent working condition. Avoid the Minolta 9000 as well. Your newer AF camera will be cheaper, probably last longer, and AF speed is MUCH faster. |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 11:04 am: |
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Brianna:
I think Glenn and Ron gave you the "paperweight" message in about as kind and gentle a way as possible. So, while I'm not a diplomat, I'm no liar either.
Depending on how you look at it, it's either "All's Well That Ends Well" or "Much Ado About Nothing".
Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again:
That she may long live here, God say amen!
Exeunt. |
Glenn Middleton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 05:37 pm: |
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If there are people out there using current Konica-Minolta cameras that they would really like to keep going for a good few years, I suggest you get out and start buying in stocks of spares. Seems Sony have purchased the K-M factory, staff and design team and K-M have stopped all camera production. Sony seems to be using their acquisition to enter the DSLR arena.
As Ron has noted, Minolta never did adhere to the unwritten 10 year continued support rule, so the situation could be pretty grim for present users. |
Sean T.
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 07:41 pm: |
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"Seems Sony have purchased the K-M factory, staff and design team and K-M have stopped all camera production"
Partially true. All K-M camera production and even distribution have stopped. Sony is acquiring Minola DSLR and AF lens mount technology, but has no interest in the 35mm cameras or film-related accessories - scanners, etc. All Minolta warranty repair will be handed to Sony, who will probably hand it off to a third-party contractor. The exact number of Minolta employees transferring to Sony have not been announced, but it is known that most not directly involved in design or repair of digital equipment will not be hired by Sony - last day of work is March 31, 2006. All parts, manuals, accessories, and equipment not required to service/maintain in-production cameras currently covered by the 10-year parts warranty regulations will be sold off or binned. |
Robert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 01:29 pm: |
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One could always try Active Industries in India, who remanufacture many classic parts such as K1000 rewind knobs, Hassy magazine cranks, and quite a lot of stuff we're not supposed to mention.  |
WernerJB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 03:49 am: |
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Sean T wrote "All K-M camera production and even distribution have stopped".
So what? That's the way it goes in "free" market business; final curtain, no tears and no applause either.
When asking for help or just advice, Minolta often turned their back on people using their produce. Repairs were usually carried out in a very careless manner. Customers never counted much, they were only interesting as long as they kept buying newly advertised trashy plastic throw-away cameras. So without Minolta the situation will not become worse. |
Ron
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 08:47 am: |
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I don't disagree, Werner, but I think Minolta's exit was abrupt even by today's standards. The way I heard it, Minolta made its announcement and the next day some distributors stopped answering phone calls.
I did feel just a little bit sorry for those folks that got suckered into buying $1,200 digital cameras by the flashy photo magazines only to learn a month or so later they've got an orphan. They were so certain 'film was dead', but it turned out they bet the wrong horse. |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 12:25 pm: |
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Is this a paperweight I see before me? |
