DaveInAZ
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- Jan 15, 2016
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Hi,
I am new to using this camera, so I'm in the love/hate phase. I love it when it works as expected, based on having read the manual many times. I hate it when it doesn't, which is all too often. I'm sure that a lot of the failure is my fault, but I'm not sure this one is my fault.
Last week I stuck my 65mm C lens on it, took some shots (I hope! Now I'm wondering if the shutter was actually stuck all along and it was just the mirror flip-flapping that I heard. I'll find out when I get the film developed.) and then tried to swap it for another lens. Nothing doing. That bayonet ring will not budge.
Looking online for a solution, I read about the "hold the shutter release in and push the cocking lever forward while twisting the bayonet ring" method. Tried it, but I can't move the lever once the shutter is released until I let go of the release button.
I read about the "stick a paper clip into the hole" method. I made the hole in the leather(?) and poked and prodded with various bits of metal at various angles and amounts of force applied, all to no avail. At no time did I feel like I was making contact with anything movable.
I make no claims to being competent at camera repair, but I can build computers and install toilets and electrical fixtures, so I'm not totally inept. It's essentially just poking something with a stick, and I'm usually good at that. Is there a trick to it? Is it all an internet hoax? Do I need to say some magic words or sacrifice a goat?
And, if all else fails, is there anyone still repairing these beasts and is it worth going that route?
Thanks, guys!
I am new to using this camera, so I'm in the love/hate phase. I love it when it works as expected, based on having read the manual many times. I hate it when it doesn't, which is all too often. I'm sure that a lot of the failure is my fault, but I'm not sure this one is my fault.
Last week I stuck my 65mm C lens on it, took some shots (I hope! Now I'm wondering if the shutter was actually stuck all along and it was just the mirror flip-flapping that I heard. I'll find out when I get the film developed.) and then tried to swap it for another lens. Nothing doing. That bayonet ring will not budge.
Looking online for a solution, I read about the "hold the shutter release in and push the cocking lever forward while twisting the bayonet ring" method. Tried it, but I can't move the lever once the shutter is released until I let go of the release button.
I read about the "stick a paper clip into the hole" method. I made the hole in the leather(?) and poked and prodded with various bits of metal at various angles and amounts of force applied, all to no avail. At no time did I feel like I was making contact with anything movable.
I make no claims to being competent at camera repair, but I can build computers and install toilets and electrical fixtures, so I'm not totally inept. It's essentially just poking something with a stick, and I'm usually good at that. Is there a trick to it? Is it all an internet hoax? Do I need to say some magic words or sacrifice a goat?
And, if all else fails, is there anyone still repairing these beasts and is it worth going that route?
Thanks, guys!