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I have owned several Autocords over the years but the one I just recently bought (also CLA) has this same issue -- sometimes. I find that BEFORE I load the film I have to fire the shutter and wind the mechanism, I guess to reset the frame counter. Then, I load the film and the camera behaves normally. If I don't do it, then the film will just go past every number and I end up with a blank roll that I have to respool. I've never had this problem with any other Autocord (or any other TLR for that matter) before. Maybe it's an issue with the CLA? Or perhaps it's a quirk of the Autocord that I haven't heard of before.
The OP doesn't say that the film actually advances, if I've read carefully. He says he can crank again, and the numbers advance -- but when you get to 12 and wind on, then open the camera, has the film actually moved?
The film advances as it should be and the counter works exellent.The thing is that i dont know if it is logical to advance the film again and again without firing the shutter.
It is possible my bad english make the conversation dificult....
Well. let me try to rephrase it in my own version of English and see if this is what is happening.
You load film in the camera, close the back, and wind the lever forward until it stops. At this point, you wind the lever back until it stops, and the counter says 1.
If you now try to wind the lever forward- without firing the shutter- the lever will go forward, the film feels as if it is winding on. When the lever stops going forward, you wind back until the lever stops. The counter now says 2.
This operation- no firing of the shutter but the lever winding forward and the counter moving to the next number- is possible at any frame number in a roll.
When you have finished the 12th frame and wound the film on and open the back, the film is now in the bottom chamber.
Well, if this describes the problem, then yes, it is a problem. Something is wrong. You paid for a working camera, and you do not have a working camera.
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