ETRSi and flash

[arthur_mcculloch2]

<p>I have an ETRSi which I haven't used much at all over the last few years. I decided to get it out and get back into medium format film a couple of months ago. The camera seemed to work fine, some underexposure, but I put that down to it having a 'guessamatic' exposure meter (me using sunny f16). I took it to a function this last weekend with a flash ( a sunpak with the BR-D module so that I could use the off the film measuring), using a 45-90 lens (itself a huge piece of glass), which I recently bought on ebay and which likewise appears not to have been recently used. The flash wouldn't work. When I got home, I put another lens on it and used a normal flash connected to the flash connector and it worked, though not at all speeds. I then cleaned the six lens mount contact points and re-tried the sunpak with BR-D connector. It seemed to work ok at all speeds. I'm guessing that the lens controls the flash trigger? Has anyone else had similar trouble. I cleaned the contact points with methylated spirits and a q-tip. Is there a better cleaning solution? Any thoughts?</p>

<p>Apiarist1 (Arthur)</p>

[dave_wilson1]

Yes, that's how it works. Try just putting the lens on and off the camera about half dozen times the contacts are probably

a little cloudy.

[arthur_mcculloch2]

<p>Thanks Dave. Should use it more often!!<br>

Apiarist1(Arthur)</p>