Recent content by Superirish

Sorry to revive this ancient post (again) but if you are in Europe, Minoltor.fr is also an XM/XK/X1 servicer (among other brands if you check their Instagram, \@Minoltor) in Nantes, France, what with the complications with US postal tariffs at the moment. Hope this helps fellow Europeans (sorry...

I'm adding my desperate final attempt to release the mirror and shutter here for anyone else who wants to have them released at all costs. Disclaimer: This is not a 'quick fix'. It is just to release tension on the shutter/mirror so it can sit on a shelf for a while before you can afford to...

A small update, I was able to release the mirror and the aperture engagement tab in the mirrorbox by opening up the Shutter Brake Block Plate (the larger plate on my earlier picture), and opening the advance lock pointed out by @Finty to rewind and release the shutter once. The Mirror and...

Hey, thanks for following up! Unfortunately I had already tried that and found it can only alow the winding and release of the 2nd curtain - The 1st curtain doesn't wind along with it, and the aperture tab in the bottom of the mirror box, and the mirror remain engaged and locked up. Strangely...

I am very late to this thread, but you've probably just saved my XM! I've genuinely looked everywhere in the UK and Europe and have been dismayed to find many of the old professionals who used to work at Official Minolta service centers have all retired in the last 6 months...

I've created an account specifically to get to the bottom of this. Here's a photo of the base of an XK (XM) (and in case the imgur embed doesn't work...) Can Huss or anyone with the knowledge to explain further take my image and draw on what to push or prod? I found this post after my own...