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Post by Randy on Dec 9, 2005 7:30:54 GMT -5
I just found this FUJICA ST-705W on Ebay for $22.00 Buy It Now. Looks pretty good. Great buy if it works! ST-705W |
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Post by vintageslrs on Dec 9, 2005 10:32:15 GMT -5
Randy
if you are open to buy...go ahead!
it's an interesting model...1/1500 sec. shutter speed and the "W" indicates that a winder was available for it.
Good Luck!
Bob
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Post by paulatukcamera on Dec 9, 2005 12:30:29 GMT -5
I never like it when they say "average" its worse than "mint" for a non specific description! Shutter doesn't work? "Didn't I say it was average?" "Good chrome see & bad shutter = average!" Ask him if the shutter works & the mirror goes up & down! I nearly forgot the vital "does the needle move or the LEds light?" Almost everything else is curable! Mind you the "cheap uns" give you the best feeling of triumph - if they work! My recent $18 Minolta XG9: cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11720&item=7560576073 turned out to be perfect in every way. So back in the "lucky dip" I have just said I'll pay $13 for this: cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15237&item=7563682989(his last seller let him down) I wonder if its major or a minor fault! Good Luck! If it doesn't work, you can always tell your wife that you are buying a few cameras cheaply to practice your new skills of camera "technician" (to earn a living in your retirement of course!) |
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Post by PeterW on Dec 9, 2005 17:18:47 GMT -5
Hi Paul,
When the seller says the 'winding crank' on the Minolta doesn't wind does he mean the wind-on lever or the rewind crank? If it's the rewind crank it should be simple to fix. If it's the wind-on lever it could be all sorts of things from a jammed shutter to an interlock that doesn't unlock. If he's b*****d it up with careless handling it could be a major or a minor fault. You won't know till you start investigating.
If it's the wind-on crank that's jammed I'd first try winding on with the shutter release button held down. and then with the rewind clutch pressed. Sometimes one of these 'cures' a fault when someone's tried to fire the shutter with the wind-on crank half-wound and got the interlock jammed.
Not sure if this has a cloth shutter or a metal blade shutter. If it's cloth, take the lens off and open the back. If the shutter's jammed halfway so you can see the capping strip, lift the mirror and put one finger through the lens opening and another in the back on the blind at the capping strip and try easing the blinds back and forth. A bit brutal, but it sometimes works. If not, try rocking the sprocket film advance wheel back and forth while you try the wind-on crank.
I've sometimes been lucky and 'cured' jammed SLRs by one or other of these methods. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, but it's always worth trying the simple remedy first. If they don't free it, it could mean a top-off job.
Best of luck with it!
Peter
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Dec 10, 2005 6:31:11 GMT -5
Great advice Peter, I'd heard of a couple of these methods, but rocking the sprocket wheels during advance is a new one to me. I've got several jammed SLR's so I'll have to give this a try. Thanks for the info.
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Post by PeterW on Dec 10, 2005 7:03:03 GMT -5
Hi Curt,
One other thing I forgot to mention. Before taking the top off I usually have a look inside the bottom plate - usually a lot easier to take off than the top plate. On some cameras there isn't a lot inside the bottom, but on some where the wind-on shaft goes right through there's a fairly long lever or crank attached to it that sometimes gets itself jammed. On one camera, I think it may have been a Mamiya but I'm not certain, all I had to do was re-hook a small spring which had become unhooked at one end of the lever.
Just a bit of info that might one day come in handy.
Peter
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Post by PeterW on Dec 10, 2005 17:22:44 GMT -5
Hi,
Funny how, if you talk about something it invariably crops up before long. I was offered privately a Canon FP (1964-66) in almost faultless cosmetic condition for £5 because the wind-on lever had jammed and the lens focus ring had come loose. The owner had been quoted £185, about $330!!! for fixing both faults. When I got it home I tried the ‘ease the blinds’ dodge, and after two tries, BINGO. It gave a ‘click’ and now it’s winding on and firing perfectly on all speeds. The loose focus ring on the FL lens will take a little longer because the screws holding it are buried rather deep inside so the lens will have to be stripped. It will focus if you hold the ring back towards the camera, but that’s a pain. This is the second FL lens I've come across where this ring has come loose. However, I’ve picked up so much stuff recently that needs a little TLC; the FL lens will have to wait its turn. And this time I'll use a spot of non-setting Loktite on the screws. I will do it, though, because I love these old mechanical Canon SLR tanks, there’s something about their solidity and general feel that inspires confidence. I also love the sound of the slow speeds – ‘Click zzzzzzzz Clonk’. I’m slowly building up my collection of mechanical Canon SLRs, but unfortunately you don’t find many about for £5!
Peter
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