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Yao Z
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 12:22 pm: | 
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hi, i have a Minolta Maxxum 5 camera, recently it had a problem, so i need some advise from you people. after develop the film, i found the first picture is half black, the other half of the first picture goes on to the first half of the second pictures, and the second half of the second picture goes to the first half of the third picture,...so on. and the edges of those pictures are double exposed, but some pictures are perfictly fine. i can only get 15 exposures from a 24 exposure fuji film. am i thinking it's a problem with the film loading mechanisem, but i dont have any experience with repairing, so i need so advise, thank you people |
M Currie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 10:48 pm: |
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That's going to be hard to diagnose in any way but to say "take it for repair." But before you do that, it's probably worthwhile to ask how many rolls of film you have tried. It's possible a bad roll of film wouldn't unroll properly and slipped on the sprockets. If it's only one roll, you might consider going out and getting a cheap roll of film (if you're in the US, WalMart or "dollar store" will have 24 exposure rolls for a dollar or less) and trying another time. Take the roll, and have it developed but not printed, to see if the problem recurs. If this is occurring on multiple rolls, it sounds as if there's a problem in the mechanism, perhaps a slipping clutch or a bad gear, and on an automated camera like the Maxxum, I doubt it's a job you should tackle yourself. |
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