L Pederson

Ummmmm, that is a bust Gutzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore NM sculptor

Oh this is funny: looked up Konica SII on the b*y. The first one that popped up had the bottom rewind button pushed in. No wonder it wound so well... Anyway, thought of something else. Have an Olympus Auto-B. It took a lot of tinkering only to discover that it wouldn't work unless the charge lever was slightly cocked.

Before dismantling, just try lubricating the various moving parts under the bottom plate. Careful not to let lube drift onto the curtains

Rick Drawbridge said: I have a Konica S which preceded the SII, pretty much the same with the Copal SV shutter. The shutter ring is stuck on B, just like yours. As I recall, the shutter was firing but the blades weren't opening, and I tried it on a variety of speeds, with no luck. When I tried it on the B setting the shutter fired (still with no movement of the blades) but I was subsequently unable to move the ring to any other speed... I also once long ago had a first version 'S' that was stuck, think Rick has something here. Camera may be "in the middle of a firing cycle". Won't allow shutter speed change until blades open and close and cycle is completed. Try a long shot, set the self-timer? Just hope Rick doesn't have my old 'S'...