My Son Forced my Minolta X570 lever ! please help

cocobugluck · Jun 17, 2023

Hello,

i've been looking all over the internet for the issue that am having !
my young son forced the winding lever on my Minolta x570.

camera is working perfectly fine before that, but after the incident the lever is now kinda loose, if i opened the back film door and try to advance the lever i see the curting move to the right like 1/4 of the way, not completing a complete wind stroke to the right !

any suggestions ?

Don_ih · Jun 17, 2023

Chances are, something is stripped and needs to be replaced. So, that would be expensive.

Lucky for you, someone is selling a pretty dirty-looking one on ebay right now for $30.

neilt3 · Jun 17, 2023

Parts are the issue if he's bent or stripped something.
By the time you've sourced a parts camera and got someone who will work on it, you'll probably be better just buying another and not letting him loose near your cameras again!

xkaes · Jun 17, 2023

Give your son the camera as a gift on his next birthday. With the money that you save, you can buy a used X-570.

You will BOTH have learned a lesson.

Chan Tran · Jun 17, 2023

Yes replacing it with another one is the most economical way. If you have many Minolta SR lenses then you can get another that takes the same lenses. Doesn't have to be another X-570.

Helios 1984 · Jun 17, 2023

Does the camera has sentimental value?

xkaes · Jun 17, 2023

Helios 1984 said:
Does the camera has sentimental value?

If it does, that's one more reason to give it to your son on his birthday -- a family heirloom!

Sirius Glass · Jun 17, 2023

Sorry to hear about your problem.

Welcome to ~~APUG~~ Photrio!!

dynachrome · Jun 17, 2023

John Titterington will be able to get your X570 up and running. He had always done beautiful work on my Minoltas.

4season · Jun 17, 2023

If it's anything like the Minolta X700, the incident probably stripped teeth off some plastic gears. Minolta used good quality plastics which may still look brand-new, they are light weight, and seem designed to operate with little or no lubrication. But if you use excessive force, you can break them.

Labor cost for repairs will easily exceed average market value of the camera, but if the camera has some sentimental value, it may be worth the expense.

Sirius Glass · Jun 17, 2023

4season said:
If it's anything like the Minolta X700, the incident probably stripped teeth off some plastic gears. Minolta used good quality plastics which may still look brand-new, they are light weight, and seem designed to operate with little or no lubrication. But if you use excessive force, you can break them.

Labor cost for repairs will easily exceed average market value of the camera, but if the camera has some sentimental value, it may be worth the expense.

On the other hand buying a replacement could well be buying a lot of unknown problems, while repairing a camera that it known to have been working well means fixing one problem once. Doing the repair instead of buying is a much wiser choice. BTDT

xkaes · Jun 17, 2023

Just buy from a reputable seller on EBAY who says it works. Check it out when you get it, and if it has a problem -- EBAY guarantees a 100% full return policy. BTDT.

The X-570 is a great camera, but if you want to compare it to all of Minolta's SLRs for features, check out:

http://www.subclub.org/minman/slrtable.php

CMoore · Jun 19, 2023

Sirius Glass said:
On the other hand buying a replacement could well be buying a lot of unknown problems, while repairing a camera that it known to have been working well means fixing one problem once. Doing the repair instead of buying is a much wiser choice. BTDT

Yes.
I always wonder, when people recommend to "just buy another one"............... are they going to guarantee that the "new one" will work just as well as the old one did.?

If the repair is fairly "easy" you could also have a CLA done at the same time.
Hope it all works out OK.

I have an X570.
If i did not have a Canon F1 New, i would be using the X570 A LOT More Often

StanMac · Jun 23, 2023

dynachrome said:
John Titterington will be able to get your X570 up and running. He had always done beautiful work on my Minoltas.

What is Mr Titterington’s contact info, please? I have a Minolta XE5 with a mirror that won’t return.

xkaes · Jun 24, 2023

I bet you can get an XE-7 from a reputable seller for less than he can fix your XE-5.

StanMac · Jun 24, 2023

xkaes said:
I bet you can get an XE-7 from a reputable seller for less than he can fix your XE-5.

Yeah, but an XE-7 doesn’t have that cool matte black prism housing.

dynachrome · Jun 24, 2023

John Titterington can be reached at jtcamera@aol.com

StanMac · Jun 24, 2023

dynachrome said:
John Titterington can be reached at jtcamera@aol.com

Thanks!

jwd722 · Jun 24, 2023

For repairs also check out garryscamera.com
very reasonable pricing and quick turnaround.

xkaes · Jun 24, 2023

StanMac said:
Yeah, but an XE-7 doesn’t have that cool matte black prism housing.

Just one of the ways Minolta tried to cut costs with the XE-5. They also cut features that the XE-7 has. For example, while the viewfinder of the XE-7 shows the automatically or manually-set shutter speed, in addition to the manually-set f-stop, the viewfinder on the XE-5 did not. Think of the XE-5 as an SRT101 with auto-exposure capability. In automatic exposure mode, the automatically set speed is displayed, and in manual mode the recommended speed is shown. That's it.

Other features that were removed were the film tab holder, the film advance window, and multiple exposure capability. Another difference is that the eyepiece shutter of the XE-7 is replaced with a plastic cap attached to the shoulder strap. Lastly, the XE-5 only has X flash synch for electronic flash; the FP synch for flash bulbs was dropped.

Pick your poison, but you can get an XE-7 for the same price.

Duceman · Jun 24, 2023

jwd722 said:
For repairs also check out garryscamera.com
very reasonable pricing and quick turnaround.

Seconded.

My Son Forced my Minolta X570 lever ! please help

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