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Photopud
Tinkerer
Username: Photopud
Post Number: 1
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 10:53 am: | 
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The shutter on my ftb is malfunctioning. Here's what happens: I rewind, and fire. The mirror stays up until I rewind again, and the shutter never fires. I suspect that the shutter has malfunction, failed to reset, and has thrown some operation our of sequence. |
Mikel
Tinkerer
Username: Mikel
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 07:17 pm: |
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Probably not a malfunction.
It's just the usual problem with a 30 year old mechanical camera- needs a clean and lube.
The second shutter curtain does not have enough momentum at the end of it's travel to complete the cycle and drop the mirror. |
Photopud
Tinkerer
Username: Photopud
Post Number: 2
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 11:05 am: |
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thanks Mikel,
You gave me an idea. I opened the back of the camera, took the lens off, and with my fingers, pinched the shutter and snapped it a couple times, that reset the shutter and now it fires. I'll work on cleaning and lubrication next. |
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