Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-21 Thread Cotty
Hi, Cotty, As opposed to my well reasoned (if brief) answer? vbg -frank Cotty wrote: Hi Stephanie, Welcome aboard. Somone knowledgable will answer your questions presently. LOL! I'm on the digest. I shouldn't make time sensitive responses. Apologies. Cotty

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-21 Thread Dr E D F Williams
, 2002 - Original Message - From: Stephanie Stiavetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: RE: new to the list, + a repair question everyone, thanks for all of your input. I tried both of the suggestions below, as well as bruce's advice

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Stephanie Stiavetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: everyone, thanks for all of your input. I tried both of the suggestions below, as well as bruce's advice to lift the shutter manually, and nothing has worked. I decided to take the silly thing apart (hell, it was free, and if nothing else it would be

RE: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-21 Thread gfen
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Stephanie Stiavetti wrote: how on earth do you get these tiny things out when a screwdriver won't work? there's got to be a way. Hammer. -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-21 Thread Dr E D F Williams
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:17 PM Subject: Re: new to the list, + a repair question Stephanie Stiavetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: everyone, thanks for all of your input. I tried both of the suggestions below, as well as bruce's advice to lift the shutter

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-21 Thread Cotty
Silly question, but is the film rewind button jammed into the 'up' position? If so, this would inhibit winding on... HTH Cotty Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ Oh, swipe me! He paints with

new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread Stephanie Stiavetti
I recently joined the list and have been watching your messages fly by at light speed. I figure now would be a good time to introduce myself. I'm a photography enthusiast who recently started working toward an arts degree, majoring in fine art/bw. I've had a camera around my neck for the past

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread Cotty
Hi Stephanie, Welcome aboard. Somone knowledgable will answer your questions presently. Cheers! Cotty in the UK Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light!

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Cotty, As opposed to my well reasoned (if brief) answer? vbg -frank Cotty wrote: Hi Stephanie, Welcome aboard. Somone knowledgable will answer your questions presently. -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
One of the resons for the mirror not coming down, is that the thing that was supposed to happen before the mirror drops, didn't happen. The thing that has to happen first is that the shutter has to close. It may look like it's down (rear curtain), but it may not be all the way down (I had this

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Well, if the jam is due to the shutter cycle not finishing, then it may not apply since the MX has a completly different shutter than the ME Super. BR From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Cotty, As opposed to my well reasoned (if brief) answer? vbg -frank

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Bruce, I know (that's why I put the little disclaimer in there) that the shutters are different. I just thought it was a cheap and easy thing to try. Wouldn't hurt, although might not help either. My response to Cotty was just a joke... vbg cheers, frank Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Well,

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Stephanie Stiavetti Subject: new to the list, + a repair question I tried to get one of my ME Supers to repeat your problem, unsuccessfully. If the mirror is locked up, but you cannot release the shutter, then the mechanism has come out of its sequence. You

RE: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread Stephanie Stiavetti
PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new to the list, + a repair question - Original Message - From: Stephanie Stiavetti Subject: new to the list, + a repair question I tried to get one of my ME Supers to repeat your problem

Re: new to the list, + a repair question

2002-11-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Stephanie Stiavetti Subject: RE: new to the list, + a repair question everyone, thanks for all of your input. I tried both of the suggestions below, as well as bruce's advice to lift the shutter manually, and nothing has worked. I decided to take