Re: MX Winder Problem
Two possibilities: 1.) Your MX needs a CLA, (I'm not kidding). 2.) The winder is worn out. If that's the case take it back, get your money back and look for another. You can find lots of Winder MX's in relatively good condition, that are not worn out, and at the prices they usually sell for it's not worth repairing one. (But, that's just my opinion) At 03:06 AM 2/12/04, you wrote: I recently bought an MX Winder (from a shop with 3 months g'tee). The winder worked fine on my MX in the shop without film but with film in the camera (new batteries in the winder) it sometimes fails to complete a wind and I'll have to finish manually. Sometimes it does this and the light stays on (indicating the end of film, although it's not) and sometimes there is no light. When the end of film is reached the light doesn't usually come on, you can hear the winder 'slipping' as it tries to wind. Generally the winding sounds a bit laboured. Any ideas? Thanks AB Freeserve AnyTime - HALF PRICE for the first 3 months - Save £7.50 a month www.freeserve.com/anytime I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan
Re: MX Winder Problem
1) Try new batteries 2) Clean the rewind post on the MX. They get gummy with age and increase the friction on unrolling the film from the cassette. (The winder Thinks things are too tight, so I've reached the end of the roll.) Open the camera back. Hold a coin in the film slot on the rewind crank. Screw off the plastic top with crank. Clean the metal shaft. (The more adventurious can remove the shaft entirely, clean it, and then fiddle it back into the body.) Regards, Bob S. >>recently bought an MX Winder (from a shop with 3 months g'tee). The winder worked fine on my MX in the shop without film but with film in the camera (new batteries in the winder) it sometimes fails to complete a wind and I'll have to finish manually. Sometimes it does this and the light stays on (indicating the end of film, although it's not) and sometimes there is no light. When the end of film is reached the light doesn't usually come on, you can hear the winder 'slipping' as it tries to wind. Generally the winding sounds a bit laboured. Any ideas?<<
Re: MX Winder Cap
> Anyone got one FS? > > Collin So you bought the winder from someone else, Collin, huh? Bad Collin, bad! ;-) But seriously - you mean the little screw-on cover for the winder socket in the bottom plate of a MX? If that's the case, then I might have one spare. Send me your address off-list, and I could send it to you in an envelope (if I actually have one - the cover I mean). For free. Regards, Lukasz === www.fotopolis.pl [EMAIL PROTECTED] === internetowy magazyn o fotografii --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Szukasz banku bez prowizji ? mBank - zaloz konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: MX Winder
On 4/21/02 6:41 AM, "£ukasz Kacperczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for everythink guys, but unfortunatelly the man who had one for sale > didn't know anything about Pentax cameras (or tried to screw me), and tried > to sell me a Winder ME, despite earlier saying that he has a Winder MX. > Regards, > Lukasz > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MX Winder > > > Look down inside to be certain that the > inside terminals are clean. > > Collin > > >> What should I check when buying a MX Winder (with or without the camera)? > > > * > KC8TKA > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > - > 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 . > - > 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 . > This one is for sale on ebay ending today. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1346403665 - 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 .
RE: MX Winder
Thanks for everythink guys, but unfortunatelly the man who had one for sale didn't know anything about Pentax cameras (or tried to screw me), and tried to sell me a Winder ME, despite earlier saying that he has a Winder MX. Regards, Lukasz -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MX Winder Look down inside to be certain that the inside terminals are clean. Collin >What should I check when buying a MX Winder (with or without the camera)? * KC8TKA --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] - 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 . - 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 .
Re: MX Winder
Look down inside to be certain that the inside terminals are clean. Collin >What should I check when buying a MX Winder (with or without the camera)? * KC8TKA --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] - 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 .
Re: Re: MX Winder
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Re: MX Winder
>What should I check when buying a MX Winder (with or without the camera)? >£ukasz They're pretty much bulletproof in my experience, with one notable exception: the battery door is prone to breaking. The plastic / polycarbonate material where that the thumbwheel screws into will eventually disintigrate and break. Having said that, it took 20 years for mine to so that! After that it's a big blob of 'gaffer' tape. Dunnon what you'd call it stateside, or anywhere else. Duct tape? Thick fabric tape. Actually, on mine, the thumbwheel bolt itself broke! I fashioned a new one out of a metal bolt complete with detents fot thumbnail to tighten / loosen.Then I screwed it up tight and wham - but the female nut bit. D'oh! Just tighten *enough* to secure battery door - do not overtighten and you will be fine. Good luck, Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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 .
Re: MX Winder
With. Make sure that it fires correctly in the "continuous" mode. Bob - Original Message - From: "Łukasz Kacperczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:00 AM Subject: MX Winder What should I check when buying a MX Winder (with or without the camera)? Łukasz - 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 . - 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 .
Re: MX Winder & cable release
That is unless you want to modify the winder to accept one in which case let the rest of us know how you did it. At 10:36 PM 2/22/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone have the info for an electronic >cable release for the Winder MX? > >TIA, > >Collin > >* >"Get over it." > Dr. Laura > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >- >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 . - 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 .
Re: MX Winder & cable release
There ain't none. At 10:36 PM 2/22/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone have the info for an electronic >cable release for the Winder MX? > >TIA, > >Collin > >* >"Get over it." > Dr. Laura > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >- >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 . - 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 .
Re: MX winder
The winder will advance until the film ends. If you have half a frame that's how far it advances, then it stops with the operation LED on. (Power to the winder stays on and will continue to drain the batteries until the winder switch is set to off). At 06:55 PM 1/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: >How does the winder handle the end of the roll? Will it cock the shutter >even though there's no more film? > >-- >clear skies, >Joe >- >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 . - 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 .
Re: MX winder
Push to the left the up for rewinding film. No sense in removing it to push the button up. Collin At 08:11 PM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote: >From: Joseph E Ringer III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: MX winder > >I just aquired a used MX winder with no instructions and think I got >it figured out except for one thing. On the back there's a square >plastic button that has some side to side play. What's this button for? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Edith Keiler must die." -- Spock, 1930 - 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 .
