M6 wont function

[benjaminspell]

Today I was shooting a wedding and my m6 quite working on me. I shot a frame, wound the crank and then went to fire the shutter again and the release is jammed. Now the winder seems really loose and you can wind it multiple times. Even with the camera wound the release button will not depress. I thought that I might have had the film jammed so I removed the film in the camera but the camera still won't function. Has anyone had this happen or know what it could be? thanks so much

Benjamin Spell

 

[alexz]

Xmm, quite frustrating must admit, in particular if that was a hired shot...
I had my M6 not to allow releasing the shutter few times since I own one (last year and half), but both times it turned to be that I didn't wound the film advance crank fully forward to the next frame. Winding it up it appeared as I did advance it by full amplitude, but there wasn't that "click" at the end of movement that fixes the new frame. Just lack of my experience. Since then I always wind the crank up to the end until I feel that click of the crank and never had issues.

 

[jfujita]

I think Larry Towell had the same sort of problem whilst shooting some farm workers.

"You don't have a camera I could use do ya? This sucker just broke on me."

Whats more entertaining is his attempt at camera repair whilst driving a car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFoFgSyfhaE

 

[tmfabian]

I think Larry Towell had the same sort of problem whilst shooting some farm workers.

"You don't have a camera I could use do ya? This sucker just broke on me."

Whats more entertaining is his attempt at camera repair whilst driving a car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFoFgSyfhaE

That was probably the greatest attempt at fixing something i've ever seen.
On topic though, it could be almost anything that caused the camera to stop functioning properly, It's probably best to drop it off at a repair shop and have them take a look at it, it could be nothing or it could need actual repair.

 

[aniMal]

Hehe... I really have to laugh, although I would have done exactly the same!

Often there is just a jam - and a good, hard whack does the trick. Only thing I would do different is hitting it harder, against something more solid...

Wont hurt an M6 the least!

 

[rxmd]

Often there is just a jam - and a good, hard whack does the trick. Only thing I would do different is hitting it harder, against something more solid... Wont hurt an M6 the least!

As posted elsewhere, just think of your M6 as of a car. You've got this high-quality car, say, a Rolls Royce, with a lot of lovingly hand-assembled precision parts and a malfunctioning hand brake. What do you do?

Option 1. Tell a repairman to have a good look at it.
Option 2. Drive it into the wall a couple of times, against something more solid. after all, often there is just a jam - a good, hard whack does the trick, and it won't hurt a Rolls in the least.

What would you suggest?

Philipp

 

[sepiareverb]

What would you suggest?

Philipp

An MP? 😀 :angel: