Mamiya C330F Film Advance

[Pete B]

After each shutter release am I right thinking each and every frame should be wound on with just one rotation of the film advance crank? Sometimes I need to wind it twice?? The frame counter doesn't skip numbers and I'm not missing frames through it (I think, I've just sent 7 films off).
Pete

 

[sfj]

Mamiya C330F Film advance

Mamiya C330F Film advance

The crank should go through one full turn - not twice - and then stop, allowing the handle to be folded back into its resting hole.

 

[Pete B]

Mmm, where can I get mine fixed 🙁. Or is there an easy solution? 🙂
Pete

 

[hefty]

On the Mamiya C series cameras there is the facility to wind off a film quickly by keeping the shutter partly depressed. It can happen that if you leave a cable release or timer in the thread it's enough to push slightly on the shutter and so defeat the stop mechanism on the film wind. Not left anything in there have you?

If it is genuinely broken then there are repair shops around who can undertake the work, which country are you based in?

 

[johannielscom]

A partly depressed shutter button or cable release should result in missed frames. Sounds as if simething became dislodged in there, that re-engages with an extra wind and then picks up the film transport again.

Could be just dirt or a sticky part because of hardening lubricants? Was the camera sitting idle for quite some time? Maybe just work the release for a while or put it in the sun in your window sill before working it a bit?

If all this fails, a service is in order I guess.

 

[Pete B]

Based in the UK.
It has been suffering a problem where once wound and I'm shifting it around in my hands eventually it thinks the shutter has been released and won't let me release it with the normal release but in that scenario I just release directly at the lens. This peculiar winding problem related in the OP seems to have just materialised. I've just got some films back so I'll have a look at the neg spacing tonight. Oh dear, might have to use it as an excuse to get that Hasselblad 😉.............. I'll tell the wife 😀
Pete

 

[hefty]

You could try Newton Ellis & Co in Liverpool (www.newtonellis.com), they generalise in repairs but can turn their hands to most things. The prices are reasonable and the service good (I am wearing my contented customer hat, I have no other links to the business).

 

[Pete B]

Thanks for the link. I'll check them out.
Pete