Change the battery! It's an electronic shutter release. No power - no workie. The Super A is a great camera and will run forever. Regards, Bob S,
On Dec 22, 2007 6:14 PM, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Adam said. When it happened to me, long years > ago, the film rewind release wouldn't work, either; so > I contrived a changing bag, removed the film, removed > the battery, installed a new one, and after a few > burps the thing worked fine again. > > About a year later I got my PZ-1, but the Super > Program worked fine for my son a few years ago on a > trip. > > Rick > > --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Before you do anything else, replace the battery. > > Like many camera's > > of that era, a low battery can cause lockups. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 12/22/07, Vic Mortelmans > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > My Super A (a.k.a. Super Program, my most advanced > > camera body at this > > > moment) has locked up today... I made a shot, and > > advanced the film, but > > > the 'cocked' sign in the display does not show up, > > and the camera can't > > > be fired. So it seems like either the winding > > mechanisme locked up half > > > way, or it did wind properly, but the camera > > doesn't detect this... > > > > > > I manage to take off the base plate and the top > > plate, but don't see any > > > obvious problems and I'm not really in to further > > disassembly, not > > > knowing what to look for. > > > > > > But before I take it to a repair shop (is it still > > worth a repair? It > > > cost me 90 euro and I know that even an attempt to > > repair will cost me > > > at least around 70 euro), I'd like to check on > > this forum if there's no > > > easy way I could solve this. I was thinking of > > > > > > 1. an indication of the part that 'detects' the > > shutter is cocked (which > > > I think may fail e.g. because of bad electronic > > contact?) > > > > > > 2. an indication if there's a way to force the > > camera to release > > > (assuming that it is properly cocked, and which > > may return it into > > > normal operation) > > > > > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > > > > > Groeten, > > > Vic > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > > link directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > M. Adam Maas > > http://www.mawz.ca > > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
