ding_chang_han Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 <p>Hey guys, I have recently bought a pentax 67 and thoroughly enjoyed my times and the rolls I shot with it. However it becomes this morning that the advance lever is seemingly faulty. It would spin when I have the back open and no take-up spool inserted. However, when i put my films in it, the lever is not stuck, but a pull on the lever does not deliver a advance in the film (counter does not advance as well) , the spool would not spin. To be clear, it would spin when i just put the film in and advance til the arrow shows up near the curtain. Yet any more advance from that point would not deliver. the lever produce a sound that it feels like it is hitting sometime while i pull on it like. (ta.ta.ta.ta.ta... unlike when it is properly engaged). I have tried playing with pressure plates and film selectors. I also tried to manually move the counter pass the 0 to dry fire. It fires, yet even then the counter does not move and the weird sound that the lever produces stays.<br> Please help a dying soul. Any input would be appreciated. <br> If anyone can suggest a reasonable place in Toronto for repairs, that would help as well!<br> Thanks!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_miles1 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 <p>I have the Pentax 67II, so am not familiar with the 67.<br> My camer has a button you slide over for multiple exposures. Working the advance lever preps the camera for the next shot but does not advance the film.<br> Any chance the multiple expisure button is stuck?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Street Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 First suspect: a pawl in the film advance gear mechanism has stripped. This can occur due to heavy use and age of the camera, although the 1990-era Pentax 67 did have a number of engineering improvements and is not as strife-prone as the 1969-vintage Pentax 6x7. Repairs entail cannibalising another Pentax 6x7 or 67 body (parts are not backward compatible) which leads to circular redundancy and a much-increased risk of future unreliability. The question is whether the cost of repairs will potentially be more than the worth of the camera; it's a great camera, absolutely, but its age is catching up to it, and millions still in circulation develop some sort of fault (or faults, plural) in time. Garyh | AUS Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1 Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977. Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_rasmussen Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Welcome to the forum Gary. Glad you found us. I've been here for 20 years now. Desertscape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Street Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Welcome to the forum Gary. Glad you found us. I've been here for 20 years now. Desertscape Thanks Steve. I did have a membership to photo.net which appears to have lapsed. It was started in 2003 I think. Garyh | AUS Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1 Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977. Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now