[pure-silver] Re: Help?! Minolta Autocord
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:49:58 -0700
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leigh Solland" <solland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:39 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Help?! Minolta Autocord
> Hi all,
>
> I just developed two films, taken at some spectacular
> waterfalls in the Rocky Mountains, and found that I had
> five images on each (of a possible 12). The culprit was
> my trusty
> Minolta Autocord TLR, which seems to have decided that it
> will only fire when it feels like it. This is my usual
> camera, and it has behaved impeccably for the year and a
> half that it
> has lived with me.
>
> I opened it up to look at the lens from behind, and did
> some "dry" shooting, and while the shutter always sounds
> like it releases, it only opens sporadically. I was not
> able to find
> a way to make it fire every time, or not fire every time.
> The missing (or present) pictures on the developed films
> appear to be completely random.
>
> As I see it, we could go into counselling, or I could
> start ripping it open. Before I do the latter, I want to
> ask the assembled brain trust here for any suggestions or
> ideas.
>
> Leigh
>
I am not very familiar with the Autocord. Does it have
automatic shutter cocking or must you cock it manually? If
its automatic the cocking mechanism may not be completely
cocking the shutter. The shutter will click but not actually
fire. I've had this happen in Rolleiflex's when the cocking
lever stroke was too short.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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