Avispartner
Member
Hi all,
Was test shooting with this little gem after having replaced the light seals. Everything seemed to work fine halfway through a roll of APX100. Suddenly, it got quite hard to wind and now both film transport are stuck. Can't even release the shutter anymore.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your help.
Rob
Was test shooting with this little gem after having replaced the light seals. Everything seemed to work fine halfway through a roll of APX100. Suddenly, it got quite hard to wind and now both film transport are stuck. Can't even release the shutter anymore.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your help.
Rob
Avispartner
Member
Ah, forgot to mention that I could rewind and save the film
rodfelici
Newbie
Maybe the plexiglass on the film counter detached and fallen into the gear of the advance lever?
It did happened to mine... the symptoms are the same. The advance lever stuck, and I will need to open it to get off the little plexiglass piece from the gear and to take it in the window again.
Avispartner
Member
OK, I took the camera apart, there was no loose part to be found. The gears of the film transport looked a bit dusty so I blew it clean with my rocket blower and put a drop of low viscosity oil on them.
Was able to move the film transport lever and after several strokes, the whole thing runs smoothly again. Was shooting street in my lunch break, film transport seems to be back to normal again. Uff...
Was able to move the film transport lever and after several strokes, the whole thing runs smoothly again. Was shooting street in my lunch break, film transport seems to be back to normal again. Uff...