I have a 500CM which decided to jam while I released the shutter. No problem there; replaced the dark slide, removed the magazine, reached through the open auxiliary shutters, and cocked the shutter with my little screw driver.
Once wound, I tripped the shutter once again with the magazine still off and everything seemed fine, until I released the shutter. Missing was the familiar sound of the auxiliary shutters snapping closed.
They had returned only partially. Upon winding the camera, they return to their fully closed position before the mirror returns or the lens shutter opens. They are no longer "Kicked closed" with the release of the shutter button. but must be "wound" closed.
Is there a common quick fix that I may attempt? I would sooner pick up a 501CM from KEH than cough-up a few hundred to get this one fixed, CLA'ed, and re-foamed.
Once wound, I tripped the shutter once again with the magazine still off and everything seemed fine, until I released the shutter. Missing was the familiar sound of the auxiliary shutters snapping closed.
They had returned only partially. Upon winding the camera, they return to their fully closed position before the mirror returns or the lens shutter opens. They are no longer "Kicked closed" with the release of the shutter button. but must be "wound" closed.
Is there a common quick fix that I may attempt? I would sooner pick up a 501CM from KEH than cough-up a few hundred to get this one fixed, CLA'ed, and re-foamed.
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