Post by nikkortorokkor on Jun 10, 2007 4:53:35 GMT -5
OK, be kind to me because I'm new around here and am pretty damned ignorant.
I'm a bike (bicycle) mechanic taking a bit of time off to complete a master's thesis (on nineteenth century bicycle racing) and to take time off from that (whilst not going any where near the 20 odd bikes in my shed) I'm fiddling with cameras. On a bike I'm pretty handy, but with this stuff I feel like a monkey with a brick. Think of it as Zen therapy.
I started off simple and got a Yashica J to function (as a camera, not a hammer, which may have been another use for the J envisioned by the Yashi engineers judging by the ammount of metal they used) but threw my hands up in horror at the multiple problems offered up by a Fujica V2. I think I've got my Hi-Matic going OK, but the Hi-Matic7 is another story, and a wee bit of advice might help.
Apart from a stuck shutter, the 7 has a badly misbehaving winder. For a starter, the lever is showing signs of being forced (it's twisted, and the flats that engage the winding mechanism have been spread) so I've deduced that the winder jammed at some stage and was then forced into submission. Now, with the lever closed the shutter release will not depress. Nor will the winder lever self-return every time. If the lever is returned home manually, then the take up spool returns also. I think, therefore, that the clutch is damaged/not operating. With the winder 3/4 open, the shutter release depreases fully.Though I've taken the top cover off, I haven't dismantled the winding mechanism yet, and thought I'd ask if anyone has advice before I do so. The glass on this camera is not great (shallow wipe scratches) so it's no great loss if I turn it into a display piece with my monkeying-around, but knowing the pitfalls of Hi-Matic 7 winders would be nice if any wiser heads can help.
Thanks for 'listening' to my problem,
Michael Toohey,
New Zealand.
I'm a bike (bicycle) mechanic taking a bit of time off to complete a master's thesis (on nineteenth century bicycle racing) and to take time off from that (whilst not going any where near the 20 odd bikes in my shed) I'm fiddling with cameras. On a bike I'm pretty handy, but with this stuff I feel like a monkey with a brick. Think of it as Zen therapy.
I started off simple and got a Yashica J to function (as a camera, not a hammer, which may have been another use for the J envisioned by the Yashi engineers judging by the ammount of metal they used) but threw my hands up in horror at the multiple problems offered up by a Fujica V2. I think I've got my Hi-Matic going OK, but the Hi-Matic7 is another story, and a wee bit of advice might help.
Apart from a stuck shutter, the 7 has a badly misbehaving winder. For a starter, the lever is showing signs of being forced (it's twisted, and the flats that engage the winding mechanism have been spread) so I've deduced that the winder jammed at some stage and was then forced into submission. Now, with the lever closed the shutter release will not depress. Nor will the winder lever self-return every time. If the lever is returned home manually, then the take up spool returns also. I think, therefore, that the clutch is damaged/not operating. With the winder 3/4 open, the shutter release depreases fully.Though I've taken the top cover off, I haven't dismantled the winding mechanism yet, and thought I'd ask if anyone has advice before I do so. The glass on this camera is not great (shallow wipe scratches) so it's no great loss if I turn it into a display piece with my monkeying-around, but knowing the pitfalls of Hi-Matic 7 winders would be nice if any wiser heads can help.
Thanks for 'listening' to my problem,
Michael Toohey,
New Zealand.