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m645 auto-exposure on the blink
I have a Mamiya m645.
This is the old one, before they came up with the swoopy viewfinder. (model "J"?) I got it 2nd hand last June, and it worked quite well (except that the thing that automatically resets the frame number when I finish the roll doesn't work). I used it off and on through the summer and fall. Then a couple weeks ago, I went to use it, and the LEDs of the "exposure assist" (match the "needles") didn't light up. I couldn't think of any good reason why the battery would have run down, although there probably is such a scenario. Anyway, I bought a new battery, and tonight I put it in. Still no LEDs! And, more specifically, pushing the little "lamp-test" button on the right-hand side does not light up the little "battery-OK" LED on the left-hand side. Any ideas on what might have gone wrong, or what state it's in now? |
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m645 auto-exposure on the blink
Des the batt check light up with the finder removed from the body? If not
then it could be a duff battery, if it does clean the contacts refit the finder and see what happens. You have nothing to loose. -- (\__/) This is Bunny. (='.'=) Help him and his friends by supporting the (")_(") Rabbit Welfare Association: www.houserabbit.co.uk "scenic_man" wrote in message news:zQVlj.15370$%p6.1295@trndny06... I have a Mamiya m645. This is the old one, before they came up with the swoopy viewfinder. (model "J"?) I got it 2nd hand last June, and it worked quite well (except that the thing that automatically resets the frame number when I finish the roll doesn't work). I used it off and on through the summer and fall. Then a couple weeks ago, I went to use it, and the LEDs of the "exposure assist" (match the "needles") didn't light up. I couldn't think of any good reason why the battery would have run down, although there probably is such a scenario. Anyway, I bought a new battery, and tonight I put it in. Still no LEDs! And, more specifically, pushing the little "lamp-test" button on the right-hand side does not light up the little "battery-OK" LED on the left-hand side. Any ideas on what might have gone wrong, or what state it's in now? |
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m645 auto-exposure on the blink
Rob Bradford wrote:
Des the batt check light up with the finder removed from the body? If not then it could be a duff battery, if it does clean the contacts refit the finder and see what happens. You have nothing to loose. It appears that I had forgotten how to work the internal light meter system. I was trying to adjust the shutter speed with the right-hand knob, the one that's attached to the view finder, without first having set the left-hand, on-camera knob to "Bulb". Did that, works fine now. Not sure *what* to make of the green lamp-test LED not coming on ... works fine now too, both before and after following Rob's advice above. |
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m645 auto-exposure on the blink
Been there done that, in fact I'm about to dig mine out, I have't used it
much since getting a later model (645 Pro). -- (\__/) This is Bunny. (='.'=) Help him and his friends by supporting the (")_(") Rabbit Welfare Association: www.houserabbit.co.uk "scenic_man" wrote in message news:1Ummj.1$w66.0@trndny06... Rob Bradford wrote: Des the batt check light up with the finder removed from the body? If not then it could be a duff battery, if it does clean the contacts refit the finder and see what happens. You have nothing to loose. It appears that I had forgotten how to work the internal light meter system. I was trying to adjust the shutter speed with the right-hand knob, the one that's attached to the view finder, without first having set the left-hand, on-camera knob to "Bulb". Did that, works fine now. Not sure *what* to make of the green lamp-test LED not coming on ... works fine now too, both before and after following Rob's advice above. |
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