kenji_yoshida

<p>I picked up a Maxxum 7000 a few days ago that was nonfunctional but it came with a Minolta AF 35-70mm f/4.0 lens with a quite interesting serial number. It has the serial 1236542. Is this one particularly notable or just a coincidence?</p> <p><img src="/bboard/" alt="" /></p> <p>since the image doesn't show up, https://postimg.org/image/6gyvtyasn/</p>

<p>yes, I know that's what it's SUPPOSED to do, but that lever only moves halfway. It's like the spring tension is off and thus only goes halfway. But if you depress the stop down lever, it goes to its full position.</p>

<p>http://tinypic.com/m/j99ee0/3<br /> <img src="/bboard//i66.tinypic.com/2h6vqld.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> ^ That one. It only goes halfway when shutter is clicked (mechanical and electromagnetically controlled speeds as well)<br /> Is there any way to fix it without a trip to the nonexistent camera repair store? (Can't find a place that services this, welcome to my third world country life)</p> <p>btw, this is the one i picked up from that surplus store.</p> <p>EDIT 4 - Image doesn't appear no matter what I do, so I put the link. Please click to see. It's the aperture clicking thing.</p>

<p>Update: I got the corrosion mess removed by removing the bottom plate (two screws) and removing the two dead batteries. Stuck a flathead screwdriver to the compartment and twisted away. Corrosion removed and now works good, except for A and S (it came with a pre-MC ( Rokkor 55mm PF 1.8), with oil which renders aperture useless) </p>

<p>Thank you for the helpful (insightful) answers. </p>

<p>Sorry for multiple questions, my camera obsession is probably getting out of hand (and out of money lmao)</p> <p>So I went to the local surplus store again, and I saw a Minolta XD (which according to my research,is the domestic Japanese version). Fortunately, the O and Bulb fires okay (albeit with some delay, I have no idea what's causing that, perhaps a sticky shutter release, or something else) but I did find something major beneath. Battery corrosion has taken hold and it looks greenish outside the cap.<br /> Further research leads me that this was the world's first camera with shutter and aperture priority modes (which neither will probably work, since it's attached with a 55mm PG Rokkor (earlier glass for the SR series, no aperture indicating pin) ). The blades looks clean enough, and that the Seiko shutter looks in good condition as well.<br /> So, I plan to buy the camera (it's quite cheap, convert currency it's about ~$25~30), clean it, and try to exercise the shutter and see if the meter is kaput or not.<br /> But aside from that meter and battery green thing, I've noticed there's a delay with the shutter mechanism, you press the button (<em>we do the rest)</em> and the shutter hesitates for a second (or two) then fires. Same with bulb mode..<br /><br /><br> UPDATE: The camera's shutter did fire fine after exercising it for a few dozen shots, but I need answers on the corrosion problem. I think it's sealed shut. Need at least a quarter and a few pounds of force.</p>

<p>So I just got into collecting Nikon F series lenses and found out relatively quickly that the Kiev 17 (no meter) and the Kiev 19 both have Nikon F mounts. Are they any good? I've found relatively cheap bodies on eBay. I don't want to spend that much money only to know it's crap. My Nikon EM, which I picked up from the local surplus store has a non-working metering needle (yet the meter functions perfectly okay) and came with a 70-210 Tokina 4.0 hence the interests in the Kiev series.</p> <p>Thank you in advance. Please don't be rude at me, blame my thirteen year old brain instead. (!)</p> <p> </p>