Norita 66 shutter question?

[bsphotography]

Hey Guy's,

 

just received my Norita 66 i got off ebay and wanted to ask a few questions....

the camera was listed as near perfect condition so i took this as meaning

everything was working fine... i cannot however get the shutter to fire? i dont

have any film to test it with yet, but the shutter should still fire without

film right? am i missing something? The camera does seem in great condition but

i just cant work out why the shutter wont fire??

 

any ideas? i should be getting some film this week, the camera was supposed to

come with a roll of film as per the auction, but it did'nt....

 

anyway let me know what you guys think?

 

the shutter just feels stiff, like it hasent been cocked?

 

Tim

[User_503771]

Check out the manuals at this link. One is a short manual, one is more comprehensive:

 

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/norta_66/norta_66.htm

 

From what I read, in order to operate the shutter with no film in the camera, you have to set the "N-D" lever to "D".

 

Also take care to make sure to work the film advance lever until it stops; the shutter won't fire otherwise. I don't know how many times you have to work the lever, as I've never used one of these cameras.

 

In any event, without film, and the lever set to "N", the shutter won't fire, according to what I read. (Double-check me on this!)

 

Good luck with your new camera! (And if you don't like it, send it along to me.)

 

Let us know how it all goes!

[matt_needham]

The shutter won't cock without film in my Norita 66 (my N-D setting is broken), but the film advance lever moves easily. There's more resistance when the camera is loaded.

[bsphotography]

Hey Michael,

 

i have the short manual, and couldent find anything in that, and have saved the very long and detailed repair manual, which i will look at a little closer, but i dont know if i will find answers there that i can undwerstand..... anyway i tried with the lever in D and it wasthe same, the winder will keep winding it dosent come to a stop no matter how many times i rotate it???

 

i really think i'm missing something just dont know what....

 

i'll just have to get some film and see...

but i just dont see how the film will change anything??

 

 

Tim

[polka]

Pentaxes 67 don't fire either (normally, but there is a trick) when there is no film inside. So actually, there may be this reason why your camera does not fire (but there may be a trick too ?).

 

Paul

[p. lynn miller]

Tim,

 

I recently bought a

non-working Norita

66 and with the help

of my local

repairman, I have

put it back into

service. I have tore

down my Norita 66

several times in the

process, so I am

quite familiar with

the mechanism. If

your Norita 66 is

still not working

when loaded with

film, then it would

appear to me that

counter mechanism is

jammed. The counter

mechanism is quite

complex(and

delicate) and

controls

the frame spacing

and the frame count

so that the shutter

cocking mechanism

disengages when it

has counted 12 or 24

frames. If the

counter jams or

sticks, it will

disengage the

shutter cocking

drive-train and the

only remedy is to

rebuild the counter

drive-train.

 

Hope that helps...

 

P. Lynn Miller

 

http://plynnmiller.com

[david_callard]

<p>I had two Noritas + nearly all the lenses many years ago. There was a 400mm tele which was a monster! I too seem to remember that to get the focal plane shutter to fire without film in the camera I had to set the double exposure button to 'D' as others have said. There was also a 70mm leaf shutter lens which required setting the focal plane shutter to a slower speed> used to make quite a clatter!</p>