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Background from previous post:
"This morning, took out the RB67 with a ProS back, and shot number #3 vertically, and then advanced film, and changed the exposure time, took a shot, everything working fine, but could not advance the film.
Noticed that it was like the film had not been shot, the little red flag next to the number was not there.
....
To make a long story short, ... fired it twice, before the red flag would appear. ... Finished the roll ...
What's going on?
Have not developed the film yet.. ... but ProS back is empty now, so what should I check, and how to do it?
Thanks in advance."
Part 2: Current:
Hmmmm... rolled up, and loaded an old paper back into the back, to fake the camera into thinking it was loaded with a fresh roll of film, and gave it a test.
On Horizontal it seems to be consistent, on vertical, no way Jose. Takes two more, three total to get the red flag, so that the roll can be advanced.
With the film back off, on the right top side, on the hinge side and looking at the face where you can see the dark slide, there is a small hole, and inside of it a dark pad. When I press a point of a pen into this hole, the pressure against the pad causes the red flag to be raised, and the 'film' now can be advanced.
So this is the reset point.
Looking at the back of the camera, with the film back off, the pin that activates this pad, is located at the top left, and comes through a steel 'pointed' finger.
When rotating this housing Horizontal or in Vertical position, you can see the pin come out about the same distance. But you cannot manually seem to activate this by hand when the rotator and film back,are coupled together, when their off the camera.
It has to be on the camera, to work!
So how in the 'elll can one measure to be sure its the same distance, when the back is rotated?
It just flashes out and right back in!
I doubt that the problem is the film back pad, as the reset works when pressed by a pen in vertical position..
Anybody else have this problem with and RB67?
Shutterfinger gave me location of manual for this, and will start researching.
Background from previous post:
"This morning, took out the RB67 with a ProS back, and shot number #3 vertically, and then advanced film, and changed the exposure time, took a shot, everything working fine, but could not advance the film.
Noticed that it was like the film had not been shot, the little red flag next to the number was not there.
....
To make a long story short, ... fired it twice, before the red flag would appear. ... Finished the roll ...
What's going on?
Have not developed the film yet.. ... but ProS back is empty now, so what should I check, and how to do it?
Thanks in advance."
Part 2: Current:
Hmmmm... rolled up, and loaded an old paper back into the back, to fake the camera into thinking it was loaded with a fresh roll of film, and gave it a test.
On Horizontal it seems to be consistent, on vertical, no way Jose. Takes two more, three total to get the red flag, so that the roll can be advanced.
With the film back off, on the right top side, on the hinge side and looking at the face where you can see the dark slide, there is a small hole, and inside of it a dark pad. When I press a point of a pen into this hole, the pressure against the pad causes the red flag to be raised, and the 'film' now can be advanced.
So this is the reset point.
Looking at the back of the camera, with the film back off, the pin that activates this pad, is located at the top left, and comes through a steel 'pointed' finger.
When rotating this housing Horizontal or in Vertical position, you can see the pin come out about the same distance. But you cannot manually seem to activate this by hand when the rotator and film back,are coupled together, when their off the camera.
It has to be on the camera, to work!
So how in the 'elll can one measure to be sure its the same distance, when the back is rotated?
It just flashes out and right back in!
I doubt that the problem is the film back pad, as the reset works when pressed by a pen in vertical position..
Anybody else have this problem with and RB67?
Shutterfinger gave me location of manual for this, and will start researching.
