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Omar A
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 10:22 am: | 
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I've read alot of the archived pages on this forum and others, and most of the problems relate to the capacitors jamming the shutter. I havent found anything on this problem yet.
The counter can count up, all the way to 36, but when I pop the back so the counter should reset to zero, it stops at 14.
Any way to fix this? The red bar also is not coming across.
Any help is appreciated |
Jon Goodman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 01:01 pm: |
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Hello, Omar.
Is there a dent in the top plate of the camera? If your counter is running forward, it should reset to 0 when released...unless there is a dent or something inside the camera binding it. The red bar often will only show a bit of itself. Usually it can be seen, however. If there is no dent or anything restraining the counter wheel, I would remove the top plate and see what the problem might be. Please let me know if you need help removing it.
Jon |
Omar A
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 05:57 pm: |
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I'll go ahead and try it. It just feels to me like there is a spring that isn't strong enough. If I'm lucky it might just be something in a gear.
I'm heading to a photo store to pick up a lense for my video camera tomorrow, so I'll ask if the salesperson could take a look at the x700. If not theres an authorized minolta dealer near my house.
Is there some sort of spring involved that resets the counter to zero? It feels like the spring just isn't tight enough and its stopping.
-Omar |
Glenn Middleton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 05:58 pm: |
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On some cameras the coil spring that powers the auto reset needs tensioning properly for the counter reset to work properly.However if this camera has not been taken apart then I would suggest that the return spring has either slipped or lost its tension due to age.
What ever the reason you may find that cleaning/oiling the mechanism and then setting up the mechanism per service manual will solve problem.
I have no experience of repairing X-700,so cannot say if a coil spring is used. |
Jon Goodman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 06:30 pm: |
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It could be the spring...I hesitate to mention that, because as Glenn said, if it hasn't been disassembled, this probably isn't the problem. Minoltas generally use a coil wrapped around the counter mechanism. If it travels from frame 14 to 36 and resets freely, I don't think it would be gummed up. Something else is causing this, but it probably is not anything severe. Usually these problems are from some small something. If you whack the camera against the heel of your palm does it travel back beyond 14, say to 10 or so? One more idea...check to be sure the reset lever is not hanging up on old gummy light seal foam. If it is not coming out all the way, it could be enough to catch a tooth of the gear and stop the reset procedure.
Jon |
Omar A
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 09:04 pm: |
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Doesn't move to 10, and the lever isn't stuck. Monday I'm going to bring it to the authorized minolta repair shop and see how much damage it'll do to my wallet.
-Omar |
Mike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 06:39 am: |
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I had this problem on a Yashica once. It was exactly as you say, only mine stuck at 18. When I took the top off, it was clear that the dial was simply binding on the pointer. By "pointer", I mean there was a small metal arc next to the dial with a red line on it that pointed to the frame number. It was held by one small screw, and as soon as this was loosened the dial reset all the way back to "s". |
Omar A
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 03:40 pm: |
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I know I had seen a site where they showed you the diagrams to take off the top cover, anyone have a link for it?
-Omar |
Mark
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 - 05:29 pm: |
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I have a simalar problem with my X700...Though, my frame counter is not working at all. It was caused by the low speed auto winder taking the film canister all the way to the last frame on a 24 roll, and stoping there. When I released the winder to rewind the film cannister, ther was a slight bit of resistance. Any suggestions? |
Doug
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 - 08:27 pm: |
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Try this link: http://www.twid.de/x700. |
Mark
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 12:44 pm: |
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Ahh! Ok, I tackled the counter problem... I saw on another post that a plastic "stop" on the counter dial, itself, often breaks off on the X700. I drilled a hole, and secured a small pin to stop the index dial, and retensioned the coil spring 1/4 turn.. all works well. Now, however, I am having to have to deal with the notorius "stuck shutter" problem with the same camera that has suddenly materialized! |
Mark
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 12:47 pm: |
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P.S.: thank's Doug, for the link... some good info, but not in depth. I am looking for the Minolta repair manual for the X700 now. |
