cayenne
Member
HI all,
I have one Hassy 120 film back...12 exposure.
I believe it is one of the OLDER models...that does not have a crank on the winding side, but has flip up tabs similar to the side you use to unlock and slide tray in.
When loading film, you have to flip down a little cover on the back to watch for the numbers/arrows on the film paper to know you've wound it to the proper point, then on the winder side you turn the dial backwards...the set the number counter window to "1".
For some reason, this darned thing will allow me to trip the shutter and wind film with the dark slide still in....
On all of my other a12 backs, they have the crank on the winder side....having the dark slide prevents you from taking a picture.
Is the described behavior normal for this (I think it is an older model?). version of the back?
If it is supposed to block you from taking an exposure...what is the mechanism that might be faulty? Is this something I could find and fix?
One other thing...once or twice on this unit, after I loaded film and turned the crank side tabs backwards it set the exposure counter to 2 instead of 1.
Any idea what causes this?
Is this thing fubar or could it be fixed?
I bought it off eBay from the KEH outlet...and well, I didn't get around to testing and using it till the (3 or 6 month?) return time period expired.
Would it be worth contacting KEH? I get the opinion that their eBay branch doesn't really communicate with their regular store branch....
It just dawned on me, that I've not tested to see if the back will allow me to remove it from the camera without the dark slide in, like the others do....I'm guessing that might also be a good test of it.
I believe it doesn't have film in it now so will go check this out in a bit.
Anyway anyone see this before? Is it self fixable or require a CLA place? How much would a CLA on this cost roughly?
Or it is a dud to be sold for parts?
Thanks in advance,
cayenne
I have one Hassy 120 film back...12 exposure.
I believe it is one of the OLDER models...that does not have a crank on the winding side, but has flip up tabs similar to the side you use to unlock and slide tray in.
When loading film, you have to flip down a little cover on the back to watch for the numbers/arrows on the film paper to know you've wound it to the proper point, then on the winder side you turn the dial backwards...the set the number counter window to "1".
For some reason, this darned thing will allow me to trip the shutter and wind film with the dark slide still in....
On all of my other a12 backs, they have the crank on the winder side....having the dark slide prevents you from taking a picture.
Is the described behavior normal for this (I think it is an older model?). version of the back?
If it is supposed to block you from taking an exposure...what is the mechanism that might be faulty? Is this something I could find and fix?
One other thing...once or twice on this unit, after I loaded film and turned the crank side tabs backwards it set the exposure counter to 2 instead of 1.
Any idea what causes this?
Is this thing fubar or could it be fixed?
I bought it off eBay from the KEH outlet...and well, I didn't get around to testing and using it till the (3 or 6 month?) return time period expired.
Would it be worth contacting KEH? I get the opinion that their eBay branch doesn't really communicate with their regular store branch....
It just dawned on me, that I've not tested to see if the back will allow me to remove it from the camera without the dark slide in, like the others do....I'm guessing that might also be a good test of it.
I believe it doesn't have film in it now so will go check this out in a bit.
Anyway anyone see this before? Is it self fixable or require a CLA place? How much would a CLA on this cost roughly?
Or it is a dud to be sold for parts?
Thanks in advance,
cayenne