bluemoon15
Newbie
Hi everyone,
I am a hopeless (and cack-handed) novice with my Fed-1f. I don’t even have the technical vocabulary to describe my problem, so what follows is in lay language. I hope you can excuse that! Also, I’ve searched the forum for advice on my problem. If it’s there and I’ve missed it – sorry!
I would be grateful for advice on a problem, whose symptoms are as follows:-
I loaded the camera and shot a first film, and most of my pictures were without problems (there was some light leakage on some of my prints, sometimes at the left, sometimes at the right, sometimes in the middle).
I loaded a second film, seemingly without problems. But this time when I wound the film on, although the rewind knob revolved (so showing the film was winding on) the shutter did not cock. Neither the shutter button nor the film speed knob revolved. I removed the film by winding it off.
I I loaded a third film, again seemingly without problems – but got the same symptoms. Then I rotated the shutter knob (I’d read that there is a lock on the Zorki here) and got the shutter to cock, all knobs and counters etc turning as they should, seemingly. But when I pressed the shutter knob, although the shutter speed knob flew back round (as it should, I think) the shutter did not close. Only when I started to wind the film on to cock the shutter again did I hear the shutter “klonk” noise.
I’d be grateful if someone could diagnose the problem for me, and tell me what to do about it. I’d also be grateful if someone could tell me how this problem might have been caused. I was very careful not to change the shutter speed till the shutter was cocked.
I am a hopeless (and cack-handed) novice with my Fed-1f. I don’t even have the technical vocabulary to describe my problem, so what follows is in lay language. I hope you can excuse that! Also, I’ve searched the forum for advice on my problem. If it’s there and I’ve missed it – sorry!
I would be grateful for advice on a problem, whose symptoms are as follows:-
I loaded the camera and shot a first film, and most of my pictures were without problems (there was some light leakage on some of my prints, sometimes at the left, sometimes at the right, sometimes in the middle).
I loaded a second film, seemingly without problems. But this time when I wound the film on, although the rewind knob revolved (so showing the film was winding on) the shutter did not cock. Neither the shutter button nor the film speed knob revolved. I removed the film by winding it off.
I I loaded a third film, again seemingly without problems – but got the same symptoms. Then I rotated the shutter knob (I’d read that there is a lock on the Zorki here) and got the shutter to cock, all knobs and counters etc turning as they should, seemingly. But when I pressed the shutter knob, although the shutter speed knob flew back round (as it should, I think) the shutter did not close. Only when I started to wind the film on to cock the shutter again did I hear the shutter “klonk” noise.
I’d be grateful if someone could diagnose the problem for me, and tell me what to do about it. I’d also be grateful if someone could tell me how this problem might have been caused. I was very careful not to change the shutter speed till the shutter was cocked.
