Minolta Shutter Issue

Hi all,

So I took my new xe-5 out for a test shoot today and to my surprise when I pressed the shutter, sometimes it seemed to fire really slowly and other times at a normal speed. At least it sounds that way even at more or less the same shutter speed. I first set the shutter dial to auto and then set the aperture myself on the lens.I was shooting in relatively bright daylight conditions. When I noticed the shutter seemed to take a long time to open and close I read the viewfinder to see what it suggested then manually moved the shutter controller to that value but... the same happened. :-/ I wonder is the shutter kaput? I can see that I am able to move to the next frame. The numbers on the film are increasing. Maybe I will end up with some totally overexposed images.

Thanks!

J

When I got my Pentax MX it had some shutter lag. The 2nd part of the shutter wasn't travelling when it should on slower speeds. I think I kept the shutter open on B and cleaned the track it travels along and that improved it. After that I just kept working it and it eventually got back to normal.

The Minolta XE-5 and XE-7 cameras were outstanding cameras in their day but many now have failing electronics. Minolta had a history of going with the cheapest electronics component makers. The X-700 is also an excellent example.. Another example is the XG-series... It may work fine in manual mode but I would never trust auto mode.. This is why I broke ranks with Minolta with the exception of the srT-series...and then you need to do some maintenance on it to bring it up to a trustworthy state.. See here (www.colynsfotografs.com/srt.html)

leicarfcam said:

The Minolta XE-5 and XE-7 cameras were outstanding cameras in their day but many now have failing electronics. Minolta had a history of going with the cheapest electronics component makers. The X-700 is also an excellent example.. Another example is the XG-series... It may work fine in manual mode but I would never trust auto mode.. This is why I broke ranks with Minolta with the exception of the srT-series...and then you need to do some maintenance on it to bring it up to a trustworthy state.. See here (www.colynsfotografs.com/srt.html)

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Thanks for the info. I am taking the XE-5 into the camera shop today because now I can't get the film out. Or I could but might destroy it.
I am not in a position now to give up on Minolta and maybe the XG (don't care about AF) is a good bet or the srT as you said. I am not good at tech stuff I might have to get someone else to do that but thanks for the help.

J

John Titterton recently fixed my XE-7 and did a fantastic job.
The contacts inside the camera were dirty, just needed a really good cleaning.
I'm pretty sure he works on the XE-5 it's part of that lineup.

John Titterton is also a seller on ebay. Although I have not bought an item from him yet, I have every reason to believe that they would be in good working order unless he states otherwise.

Another reliable source would be Dead Link Removed simply because of their money back guarantee. I have purchased many from them - as well as many others here, and it would seem that statistically speaking, they are reliable.