First off, did you take the film out, or press the film clutch button
and attempt to cock the shutter the rest of the way. After that I don't
have any suggestions, except to say that you can probably buy a used
body for considerably less than the cost of opening the one you have for
a diagnosis.
Vic Mortelmans 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
>
>
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