medium format SLR help needed

[Auer]

Shy away if the electronics are Lucas.

Shy away from garbage vintage British cars.

 

[film_man]

got a Mamiya 645 1000s on the way, even has the almost impossible to find eyecup on the prism still.

Enjoy!

 

[Donald Qualls]

Shy away if the electronics are Lucas.

Aaah! Begone, Prince of Darkness!

 

[grat]

Shy away from garbage vintage British cars.

That's a bit unkind. As a former MGB GT owner, I can attest that aluminum connectors on copper wiring, wasn't the finest decision to ever come out of British Leyland. However, after I spent a weekend upside down under the dash, cleaning and applying dielectric grease to every. single. connector... most of my electrical problems went away-- except that the backup lights had reversed polarity (ha), and I never figured out why the horn was a smoke generator.

However-- I also discovered that if you actually follow the service manual, and do the required maintenance, they're very reliable cars, even in poor condition. I doubt, however, most people are going to go adjust the valve lash every three months, gap and clean the spark plugs, balance and clean the carburetors, tighten up wiring, grease random elements, all on a regular schedule. If you do, though, they can be very reliable cars.

 

[grat]

Aaah! Begone, Prince of Darkness!

You know why the British drink warm beer? They have Lucas refrigerators.....

 

[Donald Qualls]

You know why the British drink warm beer? They have Lucas refrigerators.....

That doesn't explain eating hot food cold, though. Can't be Lucas ovens and ranges; then it would never have gotten cooked in the first place.

 

[itsdoable]

That doesn't explain eating hot food cold, though. Can't be Lucas ovens and ranges; then it would never have gotten cooked in the first place.

Not really, the evil of Lucas was that it worked just long enough for you to know what you were missing...

 

[ruilourosa]

What happened? My Mamiya 7ii and Bronica SQ-B cameras are electronic, although possibly not as fully electronic as a 645 SLR.

Unfeasible repair... Beyond the value of the camera...

 

[tballphoto]

can you remove the film insert if the counter fails to max out? meaning if a roll of 30 year old film has the film break mid roll, or the tail on a roll of 220 comes off before the counter registers,,, what happens.

 

[Auer]

can you remove the film insert if the counter fails to max out? meaning if a roll of 30 year old film has the film break mid roll, or the tail on a roll of 220 comes off before the counter registers,,, what happens.

What does the manual say?

 

[tballphoto]

What does the manual say?

I cant find out in the pdf manual ive seen online. SO i am asking you guys who have one.

 

[Auer]

I cant find out in the pdf manual ive seen online. SO i am asking you guys who have one.

https://www.butkus.org/chinon/mamiya/mamiya_m645_1000s/mamiya_m645_1000s.htm

 

[grat]

Don't own one, briefly skimmed the manual (which doesn't really answer your question), but my guess is, flip it into multi and advance / rewind as needed.

 

[wiltw]

That's a bit unkind. As a former MGB GT owner, I can attest that aluminum connectors on copper wiring, wasn't the finest decision to ever come out of British Leyland. However, after I spent a weekend upside down under the dash, cleaning and applying dielectric grease to every. single. connector... most of my electrical problems went away-- except that the backup lights had reversed polarity (ha), and I never figured out why the horn was a smoke generator.

However-- I also discovered that if you actually follow the service manual, and do the required maintenance, they're very reliable cars, even in poor condition. I doubt, however, most people are going to go adjust the valve lash every three months, gap and clean the spark plugs, balance and clean the carburetors, tighten up wiring, grease random elements, all on a regular schedule. If you do, though, they can be very reliable cars.

I was given my dad's 1960 MGA (purchased new) in about 1968. I recall it had about 60k miles on it. I had it at college for 2 years. In that time

• the speedometer had to be removed and taken to a speedometer shop two times (after my ddd already had done the same repair once)
• water pump had to be replaced, after gushing water all over and stalling the engine and stranding me
• fuel pump had to be replaced
• windshield wiper motor had to be replaced
• and due to low oil pressure I had to replace the connecting rod bearings

Hardly 'reliable'...unless you're thinking, "You can rely upon it to break". But admittedly the engine and tranny was generally pretty solid. After the MGA was stolen (it was in cherry condition apart from the mechanical failures) I replaced it with a 1970 Triumph GT-6, which I kept for 6 years until selling it for a new BMW 2002. The Triump was pretty solid apart from needing to rebuild the Master Cylinder at 3 years. I regularly adjusted valve clearances to keep them from being too noisey, since they were mechanical lifters and not hydraulic. The Triump was a dream to work one, as the hood completely lifted up out of the way and you could sit on the front wheels to get at a lot of things.

 

[tballphoto]

in the standard unloading film spot it says that when the preset number of frames for insert type have been taken, the shutter locks, then you use the advance crank to wind the paper on the take up spool until no resistance is felt. then open the back and remove insert.

so that mean, all a person needs to do is modify the holder by removing the little flange that tells the body its a 220 roll, and then modifying the paper on a 120 roll.

interesting