Thanks for your advice. I also thought it was an electrical problem, but I'm, reluctant to disassemble the finder unless I need to . I'll try your suggestion of working the dial back and forth a bit first.
Dan William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: Re: 6x7 Problem > > Dan, pop the finder and lens off the body, then put the finder > on, then the lens. While the finder is off, check the chain that > drives the meter and make sure it runs smoothly. Clean the > electrical contacts on both the finder and body. > The shutter speed/iso dial is an electrical switch, so is prone > to corrosion. Try working the iso dial a bit to see if you can > clean it up via friction. > If all else fails, it should be a fairly simple fix, unless the > chain has fallen off, inwhich case you are into some money for a > total stripdown of the camera. > > William Robb > > > I've been pretty busy the past few months, and have'nt taken > as many photos as I would have liked. What I did during that > period was with > > my SuperProgram or my Spotmatics, rather than my old non-MLU > 6x7. > > > > Over the weekend I had a project for which I wanted to use the > 6x7. I had the metering prism finder on the camera, and the > needle was > > pegged to the top of its range, no mater what speed and > aperture I used. I replaced the battery with a fresh one, but > the result was the > > same. While fiddling around with the camera, I noticed that > occasionally, when I touched the disk on the finder on which the > shutter > > speeds are marked, the needle would suddenly pop back into the > proper range, usually just momentarily, but once or twice for a > second or > > two as I held my left finger on the disk. > > > > Has anyone had this strange behavior before? Any ideas what > the problem might be and what the solution could be? I shot a > roll of Supra > > with the waist level finder and a hand-held meter just to make > sure it was the finder that was the only problem, and that there > wasn't also > > a problem in the body as well. It will take a few days to get > the film back. > > > > Any thoughts and advice will be gratefully appreciated. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stanley, Powers & Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East http://danmatyola.com Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908)725-3322 fax: (908)707-0399 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
