mr.mike
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Hello,
Just picked up another Minolta X-700 film camera in very nice cosmetic condition. That said, I put a couple of new batteries in and the camera didn't do anything. Then all of a sudden the meter lights lit up and I thought I was in business. Well, that's what I thought, but the film advance lever didn't work. I gave it a couple of taps on the bottom and low and behold the lever worked. The shutter fired and now I was ready to load some film in it. I gave it another try just to be sure and the advance was no longer working. Gave it another tap, and it started working again. Then the tap no longer worked and all I had was a nicely lit meter. I lifted the mirror and that seemed to allow me to advance the shutter again. I pressed the shutter button and the shutter fired. Once I lower the mirror the shutter no longer works. The mirror remains in the down position and won't move unless I physically lift it. In addition, the DOF button appears to be a bit out of sync. Wondering if anyone might have an idea what's causing these issues? The camera's really clean, and appears to have been well cared for, at least on the outside. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike
Just picked up another Minolta X-700 film camera in very nice cosmetic condition. That said, I put a couple of new batteries in and the camera didn't do anything. Then all of a sudden the meter lights lit up and I thought I was in business. Well, that's what I thought, but the film advance lever didn't work. I gave it a couple of taps on the bottom and low and behold the lever worked. The shutter fired and now I was ready to load some film in it. I gave it another try just to be sure and the advance was no longer working. Gave it another tap, and it started working again. Then the tap no longer worked and all I had was a nicely lit meter. I lifted the mirror and that seemed to allow me to advance the shutter again. I pressed the shutter button and the shutter fired. Once I lower the mirror the shutter no longer works. The mirror remains in the down position and won't move unless I physically lift it. In addition, the DOF button appears to be a bit out of sync. Wondering if anyone might have an idea what's causing these issues? The camera's really clean, and appears to have been well cared for, at least on the outside. Looking forward to your responses.
Mike
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