Mamiya RZ67 shutter release problem

[maciek]

When using the RZ67 in normal operation mode (battery) i have to push the shutter release button twice, the first time it makes a faint click and the second time it works as it should.
It doesn't do that in emergency mode, it works normally the first time i push the shutter release button.
Besides that, the camera seems to work fine, i've had a couple of rolls of film developed and everything seems to be ok.

Anybody's got an idea what could be causing it?

 

[Xuco Martin]

After a great fight to put the ring aligned in the orange dot, without loading a roll of film shoots first attempt without the clicking sound, just can not tell if the film loading will be different

 

[maciek]

After a great fight to put the ring aligned in the orange dot, without loading a roll of film shoots first attempt without the clicking sound, just can not tell if the film loading will be different

Aligning the shutter release ring on the orange dot will force the camera to use 1/400s shutter speed, and like I've said that works fine.

 

[Xuco Martin]

OK I got it wrong, I thought I failed in that position, not in the normal position
reviewing options would be
low-battery or bad contact
misplaced back- in horizontal to the end
-some dirty contact, introduce a cable release button on the lens itself and to see if that works well
in order to review the most important and I imagine you thought it lucky

 

[maciek]

I tested it again in multiple exposures mode and it does it even without the lens and the back, so it looks like it can't be easily fixed, i've ordered a new battery but i doubt it will help.

 

[pdmk]

Yes if you put ring to orange dot, it will work in full manual mode like without battery, which means 1/400s

Only idea I have is to check your lens if it is not switched to T-mode
mamiya rz67 manual page 10 for more details
http://www.cameramanuals.org/mamiya_pdf/mamiya_rz67_pro-2.pdf

 

[maciek]

Yes if you put ring to orange dot, it will work in full manual mode like without battery, which means 1/400s

Only idea I have is to check your lens if it is not switched to T-mode
mamiya rz67 manual page 10 for more details
http://www.cameramanuals.org/mamiya_pdf/mamiya_rz67_pro-2.pdf

It happens even without the lens, and the back connected.

 

[maciek]

Problem solved by changing the battery

 

[Mamiyashooter]

Problem solved by changing the battery

I envy you. I am on the verge of tears if I can't get my camera working correctly.

 

[Lex van der Sluijs]

I know it's an old thread, but in case someone else has this problem: in my case I found out that I had managed to unscrew the cable release from the lens in such a way that the little mounting part (cylinder with red ring) was still sticking out. In other words, the lens thought the cable release was still attached.

This meant that the shutter did not fire when the main button was pressed (only the mirror goes up), and this in turn means that the film advance lever would block after a few cm.

Solution was to just screw in the cable release again and properly unscrew. This caused the mounting part to sink properly, and then the shutter fired normally again.