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Lee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 05:22 pm: | 
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I made an error and posted this in the Restoration section also. The self timer will not advance past the 10 o'clock position and the shutter will not fire. The mirror is in the up position and the shutter button will not press down. Is this a shutter problem or a self timer tab problem? Is it an easy enough fix for me to attempt on my own? Any help will be appreciated. |
Robert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 09:41 pm: |
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I resonded to this in the Restoration section. My reply should not be taken as a flame.
In other news, the 1.4 MC normal lenses is covered in the SRT repair manual. Having no personal experience in working on Minolta lenses, all I can say is "good Luck." |
Lee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 09:57 am: |
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Thanks Robert. I'm gonna give it a shot. Nothing to lose anyways. Regards, Lee |
Lee Crump
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 09:26 pm: |
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The one experience I have with a shutter lockup on an SRT involves the levers that shift the mirror. These levers had become locked up and simply needed to be unjammed. The difficult part was that the camera needed major disassembly and reassembly to access these levers. The mirror box needs to come out of the front of the camera. This is held in by 4 screws under the leatherette on the front of the camera. before this can be done the top cover needs to be removed and the prisim assemble needs to be lifted out. I recommend you buy a SRT repair manuel off ebay before you attempt this. |
Lee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 07, 2005 - 09:27 am: |
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Thanks for the info, Lee Crump. This might be a little too much work for me so I'll probably chuck the camera onto my huge pile of cosmetically mint but non-working cameras. Regards, Lee Y. |
Terry
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 05:01 am: |
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Want to get rid of any of the "cosmetically mint but non-working cameras"? I have a repair shop in south eastern Pa., Southern Exposure Camera Repair and we are always looking for cameras for parts. |
Ed
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 11:07 am: |
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You might try cocking the selftimer fully and then the wind lever, giving a little extra push at the end. Then trying tripping the shutter and see what happens. Ocassionally, the levers in the bottom in the wind lever area get of time and this might correct it. |
Lee Crump
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 11:13 pm: |
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Lee, if your going to chuck the camera anyway why not plunk down the $10 to $20 bucks for the repair manuel and approach it as a cheap self guided class in camera repair. You will invest $10 to $20 and maby 5 to 10 hours. At the worst you could come out with a lot more experence. At most you could come out with a working example one of the best all manuel cameras ever made.
If you still don't want to try fix it let me know how much you would want for the camera. |
Lee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 10:31 am: |
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I've changed my mind about dumping it and am making an attempt(nervously)to fix it. Thanks again for your advices Lee C. and others and wish me luck. If I fail miserably I'll let you know. Regards, Lee Y |
Lee Crump
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 09:04 pm: |
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If you have any questions I'll keep up with this post. |
Ray
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 02:13 am: |
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Hello Lee:
How's the repair going?...
With best wishes,
Ray |
