Re: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems
Since I'm researching Pentax 6x7s at the moment hoping to buy one...I've read the user manual I found on the web. Apparently if you try to take a shot when the battery hasn't got enough juice left, that can happen. Replace the battery and press the mirror reset button, on the front of the camera, to the right of the lens mount below the shutter release (roughly). This should reset the mirror and spring the shutter, resulting in one wasted frame. Hopefully it is as simple as a dead battery. Hope this helps. James - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems As luck would have it I found a lovely shot and as I hit the trigger on the cable release the mirror went up, but failed to come back down. I figgled(tm) with it and cannot seem to be able to get it to return into the down position. Another item broken is my 6x7 135mm lens. The focos no longer works on it. The barrel still rotates, but the focus does not change. Is there a simple fix? If I need to put these into a shop, where can I find one in Australia that will service this lovely piece. Kind regards Kevin -- -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems
thanks, will give that a shot Kind regards Keivn On 10/9/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I'm researching Pentax 6x7s at the moment hoping to buy one...I've read the user manual I found on the web. Apparently if you try to take a shot when the battery hasn't got enough juice left, that can happen. Replace the battery and press the mirror reset button, on the front of the camera, to the right of the lens mount below the shutter release (roughly). This should reset the mirror and spring the shutter, resulting in one wasted frame. Hopefully it is as simple as a dead battery. Hope this helps. James - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems As luck would have it I found a lovely shot and as I hit the trigger on the cable release the mirror went up, but failed to come back down. I figgled(tm) with it and cannot seem to be able to get it to return into the down position. Another item broken is my 6x7 135mm lens. The focos no longer works on it. The barrel still rotates, but the focus does not change. Is there a simple fix? If I need to put these into a shop, where can I find one in Australia that will service this lovely piece. Kind regards Kevin -- -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems
Sounds like the battery is dead. Paul On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:07 AM, Kevin Waterson wrote: As luck would have it I found a lovely shot and as I hit the trigger on the cable release the mirror went up, but failed to come back down. I figgled(tm) with it and cannot seem to be able to get it to return into the down position. Another item broken is my 6x7 135mm lens. The focos no longer works on it. The barrel still rotates, but the focus does not change. Is there a simple fix? If I need to put these into a shop, where can I find one in Australia that will service this lovely piece. Kind regards Kevin -- -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems
Kevin, I have had excellent service from CR Kennedy in Melbourne with my 6x7s so I would be talking to them about the 135 macro. On the other hand it is just a lens, so any competent repairer should be able to tackle it. Regards, Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Waterson Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems thanks, will give that a shot Kind regards Keivn On 10/9/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I'm researching Pentax 6x7s at the moment hoping to buy one...I've read the user manual I found on the web. Apparently if you try to take a shot when the battery hasn't got enough juice left, that can happen. Replace the battery and press the mirror reset button, on the front of the camera, to the right of the lens mount below the shutter release (roughly). This should reset the mirror and spring the shutter, resulting in one wasted frame. Hopefully it is as simple as a dead battery. Hope this helps. James - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems As luck would have it I found a lovely shot and as I hit the trigger on the cable release the mirror went up, but failed to come back down. I figgled(tm) with it and cannot seem to be able to get it to return into the down position. Another item broken is my 6x7 135mm lens. The focos no longer works on it. The barrel still rotates, but the focus does not change. Is there a simple fix? If I need to put these into a shop, where can I find one in Australia that will service this lovely piece. Kind regards Kevin -- -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems
- Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson Subject: 6x7 Mirror and lense problems As luck would have it I found a lovely shot and as I hit the trigger on the cable release the mirror went up, but failed to come back down. I figgled(tm) with it and cannot seem to be able to get it to return into the down position. Another item broken is my 6x7 135mm lens. The focos no longer works on it. The barrel still rotates, but the focus does not change. Is there a simple fix? If I need to put these into a shop, where can I find one in Australia that will service this lovely piece. Can't help with the lens, but replace the battery in the camera, and then press the mirror return button (it's on the front of the body below the shutter button). William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
