Kat
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This is a little OT, since it's for my Fujica SLR, but is anyone familiar with the workings of rewind buttons? My SLR from arrived (ebay purchase), and it seems to be working great, except that the button won't depress at all.
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Kim Coxon
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Hi,
Try the manual first and if that fails, get back to me and I will see if I can help but I will need to know the model. http://www.pentax-manuals.com/fujica/fujica.htm
Kim
Try the manual first and if that fails, get back to me and I will see if I can help but I will need to know the model. http://www.pentax-manuals.com/fujica/fujica.htm
Kim
Kat
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Hi,
I have the ST 705. Thanks, I'll check out the repair manual in your site.
On a side note, so far, I haven't been able to find a manual of the exact model, only that of the 605. Would you know how to use the meter? The needle in mine only moves when I have pressed the shutter enough to actually trigger it, or if I press the shutter without advancing first. I'm not sure what those two buttons between the self-timer and the lens mount are for.
I have the ST 705. Thanks, I'll check out the repair manual in your site.
On a side note, so far, I haven't been able to find a manual of the exact model, only that of the 605. Would you know how to use the meter? The needle in mine only moves when I have pressed the shutter enough to actually trigger it, or if I press the shutter without advancing first. I'm not sure what those two buttons between the self-timer and the lens mount are for.
Kim Coxon
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The 705 is very similar to the 701. I have the manual at home waiting to be scanned. Will check tonight and get back to you. In the meantime, the meter on the 601/701 ia activated by pressing the DOF button. 😉
Kim
Kim
oftheherd
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Kim Coxon said:
Nice site there Kim (it's now bookmarked). One minor nit I noticed on the Fujica page. The ST 901 did not have a top speed of 1/2000. Only the 801 ever did. I think that is one of the reasons it has held its price so well, besides just being a great camera. Not many cameras from that era had 1/2000. I have the ST 901 myself and still love it. I had the 801 and AZ, but have given them to my daughter. Well, I never really had the 801. I gave it to her right after I got it from a pawn shop through ebay, to try and interest her in interchangable lens SLRs. It worked.
Kat - reference the question of the rewind button on the 701. It sounds like it may be jammed somewhere. You may get more help from the repair manual Kim has listed for the 701. It may be something serious, or it could be something as simple as something sticky spilled on the button but not into the works of the camera. Good luck, all Fujica cameras were great in their time, working models are still great, and good lenses are not good, but great. Some of the finest glass ever made for a camera. That's not to take away from your Taks Kim. They were good too. But I always thought the Fujinons (not Fujikors) were a little better.
EDIT: Kat, assuming you get that camera to working, don't discount the Yashica Yashinon (again, not Yashikor) screw mount lenses. They were also quite good. I never understood why Yashica and Fujica never got the reputation they deserved in their day. They both had good cameras and better glass. They were a little slow to move to bayonet mount lenses, but to me that was a plus, since I had committed to the M42 mount.
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oftheherd
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BTW Kim, I was surprised to see a reference to an accessory that would have allowed Leica lenses to be mounted to Fujica SLR cameras. I don't think I have ever seen one. That could be interesting.
Kim Coxon
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I had a quick look at the 705 manual and it is basically the same as the 705W which is already on the site. The 705 had full aperture metering so the meter is activated by the shutter relaese and not on the stop down like the earlier ones.
As to the Fujica glass, much of it is very very good. Unfortunately for Fuji, their budget lrnses like the 2.2 std lens were variable in performance and at best not brilliant. I think there reputation suffered quite a lot from this as the reviews often commented on it. The nicest thing about the Fujica line up was thet using their normal adapter, you could retain the auto stopdown on the X mount cameras and with the advanced one, even the metering on some cameras. Most of the finders on the M42's were also better than the Pentax's. The main thing that detracts is that they don't feel to have the same build quality and this tends to bereflected in the fact that it is quite difficult to get a good one.
Kim
As to the Fujica glass, much of it is very very good. Unfortunately for Fuji, their budget lrnses like the 2.2 std lens were variable in performance and at best not brilliant. I think there reputation suffered quite a lot from this as the reviews often commented on it. The nicest thing about the Fujica line up was thet using their normal adapter, you could retain the auto stopdown on the X mount cameras and with the advanced one, even the metering on some cameras. Most of the finders on the M42's were also better than the Pentax's. The main thing that detracts is that they don't feel to have the same build quality and this tends to bereflected in the fact that it is quite difficult to get a good one.
Kim
Kat
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Thanks for all the help. Apparently, the mechanism under the button is really jammed, as had taken out the bottom plate, and tried pressing down the area underneath the button with no result. I will just get a professional to take a look at it.
