Stuck film back on Bronica SQA

[pierre_robitaille1]

Help!

I put a film back on a SQA body and I can't take it off. The dark slide is well

seated but the release button on the side of the camera can't be depressed to

allow the removal of the film back.

All suggestions will be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

 

Pierre

[skygzr]

You can actually get the back off without the slide (at least on the ETRS cameras). There's a little recessed area just under the place where the slide goes in. Stick a paper clip or pin in there to actuate the switch, and you should be able to push the button. Once you get it off you can figure out if you have a systematic problem or a one-off.

[kevin_ing]

I believe the dark slides from the older film backs lacked the pin to deactivate the safety interlock for removing a film back from the body accidentally.

 

If your dark slide has a black plastic grip, you've got an old one. The newer dark slides have a grey plastic grip (in Japan anyway).

 

You could also deactivate it with a paper clip as Kevin Bourque suggested, but I think you have to do this without the dark slide in place (the grip blocks the hole otherwise)... so if you have film in there, do it in a darkroom.

[pierre_robitaille1]

Hello you two.

Thanks for the info. I tried it but it did not work. I had to remove the bottom plate of the camera back to push manually on the release latch. That is when I noticed ( by comparing to another back) there was a latch piece missing. The camera back was bought on Ebay recently... Thanks again.