iirc, with the back open, you rotate the film counter (push on it's top with your finger, and rotate) until it reaches zero. then you close the back (keeping the counter at zero). they you can dry-fire.
mishka -----Original Message----- From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:27:11 -0600 Subject: RE: Dry firing (was sillycon film) > > Dave Mann wrote: > >My Z-1p will dry-fire quite happily as well. I can't quite remember if > >it will also fire with the back open. I measured its shutter speeds once > >but I don't remember if I had to do anything special to make it work. > > >The 6x7 won't dry-fire unless I use the frame-counter trick. But thats > >not a robocamera :) > > What's the frame-counter trick? > My 67 is getting sticky with use. The mirror locks up and the shutter doesn't close. >It's okay again after I leave it for a week or so. Weird. > I want to reproduce the trick without wasting film. > > tia > wendy beard > ottawa, canada > http://www.beard-redfern.com > > >
