EXA 1a film advance does not work

[rjclarke]

Hi- I received an EXA 1a tonight in the mail. It was working fine, I

was trying to figure out how to make it work, took the back off fired

the shutter a few times, and now the film advance is stuck. HELP

 

thanks

[mtk]

Richard is there a rewind button that disconnects the film advance to rewind the film? If so, try releasing it a few times and trying your advance again........mark

[rjclarke]

Thanks, but that did not help. The shutter seems to be a curved piece of material (either plastic or light metal). The winding action must retract the shutter, while at the same time dropping the mirror. So, what resets the film advance after pushing the shutter release button?

[nickc1]

Suggesting the obvious - the shutter button lock on the left of the rear of the camera has not been partially turned on?

 

regarding the shutter - it is unique in that the mirror is the equivalent of the first blind in a focal plane shutter - when it swings up it exposes the film - the semi tubular flap is the equivalent of the second blind that swings up to close it off after the exposure. They swing back in step when the shutter is wound - hence no fast speeds and no instant return mirror - it would be just too heavy to work.

 

Nick

[Troll]

Maybe the string broke.