Vintage film cameras - Page 261 - SV650.org

yokohama · 20-01-17, 05:25 PM

With great synchronicity, the FX D and the lens arrived together. I just picked them up from the P.O. this afternoon. Lens is great, thanks. It'll do the job. The camera needs a little TLC. A reskin for a start, a clean up, new seals & mirror bumper and that silly plastic battery cover coin groove is almost gone. BUT... it works and the electrics are fine so I can't complain.

Bit of a downer on the Certo. Someone worried they're not going to get enough on it or got an offer from elsewhere.
Good images from the Akarette too. Not bad for an old machine.

Kenzie · 20-01-17, 05:57 PM

Hmmm. Wonder how this will turn out!

Sent from my Xperia

Kenzie · 20-01-17, 06:22 PM

Huh? Turner?

Damn, still dead. Oh well. Glad the lens arrived ok.

yokohama · 20-01-17, 07:51 PM

The x700 still not working after a new capacitor?
-
-
Just been on the net and had a thought ... which way round did you do the polarity?

Kenzie · 20-01-17, 08:22 PM

No, still doing the same thing. Don't know if I can be bothered to try for the upper one.

yokohama · 20-01-17, 08:31 PM

Is there any life? Are the meter lights still coming on temporarily?

What about the polarity on the lower one? which way did you put + and - ?
On the video, with the guy repairing the x300, he said the - was the outside contact. According to a forum post I just read, the 700 is different. It has the + as the outside contact.
Maybe worth a try.

Kenzie · 20-01-17, 08:33 PM

I made sure that I kept the stripe in the same place. Negative in. I actually made the mistake of soldering the original one back on first time! Meter still lights up but no juice to fire. I get a little squark from the battery check now that I didn't before. Maybe if I leave it on it may need to to charge?

yokohama · 20-01-17, 08:41 PM

It's a lovely camera. Well worth sorting it out if you can.
If you've got electrics could it be a mechanical issue?
I'm guessing the mirror is up. Is either that or the shutter stuck?

Kenzie · 20-01-17, 08:44 PM

Meter is working fine, battery check now working fine. Mirror is locked up though.

yokohama · 20-01-17, 08:57 PM

A couple of suggestions I've read on Minolta forums...
Open the camera up at both ends, put fingers lightly on the shutter curtain leading edge from each side and gently push it forward. (sometimes it can stick in the rail)
Check the idler gear under the bottom plate - a phillips head screw next to the white gear can loosen and jam the winding ratchet.

20-01-17, 05:25 PM	#2601
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras With great synchronicity, the FX D and the lens arrived together. I just picked them up from the P.O. this afternoon. Lens is great, thanks. It'll do the job. The camera needs a little TLC. A reskin for a start, a clean up, new seals & mirror bumper and that silly plastic battery cover coin groove is almost gone. BUT... it works and the electrics are fine so I can't complain. Bit of a downer on the Certo. Someone worried they're not going to get enough on it or got an offer from elsewhere. Good images from the Akarette too. Not bad for an old machine.

20-01-17, 05:57 PM	#2602
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Hmmm. Wonder how this will turn out! Sent from my Xperia __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

20-01-17, 06:22 PM	#2603
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Huh? Turner? Damn, still dead. Oh well. Glad the lens arrived ok. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

20-01-17, 07:51 PM	#2604
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras The x700 still not working after a new capacitor? - - Just been on the net and had a thought ... which way round did you do the polarity? Last edited by yokohama; 20-01-17 at 08:14 PM.

20-01-17, 08:22 PM	#2605
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras No, still doing the same thing. Don't know if I can be bothered to try for the upper one. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

20-01-17, 08:31 PM	#2606
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras Is there any life? Are the meter lights still coming on temporarily? What about the polarity on the lower one? which way did you put + and - ? On the video, with the guy repairing the x300, he said the - was the outside contact. According to a forum post I just read, the 700 is different. It has the + as the outside contact. Maybe worth a try.

20-01-17, 08:33 PM	#2607
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras I made sure that I kept the stripe in the same place. Negative in. I actually made the mistake of soldering the original one back on first time! Meter still lights up but no juice to fire. I get a little squark from the battery check now that I didn't before. Maybe if I leave it on it may need to to charge? __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/ Last edited by Kenzie; 20-01-17 at 08:37 PM.

20-01-17, 08:41 PM	#2608
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras It's a lovely camera. Well worth sorting it out if you can. If you've got electrics could it be a mechanical issue? I'm guessing the mirror is up. Is either that or the shutter stuck?

20-01-17, 08:44 PM	#2609
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Meter is working fine, battery check now working fine. Mirror is locked up though. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

20-01-17, 08:57 PM	#2610
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras A couple of suggestions I've read on Minolta forums... Open the camera up at both ends, put fingers lightly on the shutter curtain leading edge from each side and gently push it forward. (sometimes it can stick in the rail) Check the idler gear under the bottom plate - a phillips head screw next to the white gear can loosen and jam the winding ratchet.

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