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Post by midwichcuckoo on Jan 5, 2017 16:00:42 GMT -5
I have a problem with two Exa 500's in that the shutter pawl peg doesn't quite go far enough to allow the pawl hook to latch over it when cocking the advance lever..... had nightmares about this after having spent six hours trying to resolve the problem yesterday so any advice or experience would be most welcome. Ironically, one of the cameras was actually functioning ok before I opened it to lube the curtain spindles so I'm doubly frustrated. I had posed this question on the tail end of older threads, so apologies if you've read this elsewhere. I've got a panagor 135mm and genuine aluminium Ihagee extension tubes and I'm desperate to get out and use them if I can sort this issue out. Many thanks in advance , Peter.
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Post by midwichcuckoo on Jan 4, 2017 15:14:48 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new to the forum so apologies if you've seen this elsewhere.... I have two Exa 500's, one bought working (although the shutter curtains were sluggish) and one cosmetically lovely but with a jammed winder. I managed to free the jammed one (using info from a now moribund classic camera repair forum....thanks to another gentleman named Steve...your good self??). Anyway, after freeing it, it simply would not cock the shutter. I could wind the lower of the two big sprockets inside with my fingers to engage the cocking pawl lever, then it would fire, but the advance/winding lever would come to a stop when the peg on the lower (second curtain?) sprocket was about half a tooth away from being held by the locking pawl. Very frustrating. Well, I decided to do a straight forward judicious lubrication of the curtain spindles etc on the working example. Having exposed the internals, I wound it on and released it a couple of times to see if anything would indicate what was wrong with the other camera. Wouldn't you know it, this one immediately became beset with the same problem!,..ie not quite engaging the cocking pawl! So now I have two nice looking cameras, neither of which I can use unless anyone can give me some pointers on this deeply frustrating issue. Many many thanks in advance if you can. Peter.
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Post by midwichcuckoo on Jan 4, 2017 14:54:48 GMT -5
Hi Stephen et al. Apologies if this is not the right thread to be asking about problems with my Exa 500's....please redirect me if necessary. I have two Exa 500's, one bought working (although the shutter curtains were sluggish) and one cosmetically lovely but with a jammed winder. I managed to free the jammed one (using info from a now moribund classic camera repair forum....thanks to another gentleman named Steve...your good self??). Anyway, after freeing it, it simply would not cock the shutter. I could wind the lower of the two big sprockets inside with my fingers to engage the cocking pawl lever, then it would fire, but the advance/winding lever would come to a stop when the peg on the lower (second curtain?) sprocket was about half a tooth away from being held by the locking pawl. Very frustrating. Well, I decided to do a straight forward judicious lubrication of the curtain spindles etc on the working example. Having exposed to internals, I wound it on and released it a couple of times to see if anything would indicate what was wrong with the other camera. Wouldn't you know it, this one immediately became beset with the same problem!,..ie not quite engaging the cocking pawl! So now I have two nice looking cameras, neither of which I can use unless anyone can give me some pointers on this deeply frustrating issue. Many many thanks in advance if you can. Peter.
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