<p>Hello, I'm new to Rolleis, and apologise if I'm asking a stupid question, but I recently got a 3.5 E, and have a problem with the shutter/crank.<br>
basically, when I got it, it was fine, apparently had been serviced recently and all good, apart from the self timer, which is not an issue for me. So, I tested the shutter and it seemed fine, and the film crank advanced etc. Now I don't know what I've managed to do, but when I started to load a film, it advanced to 1, and then the shutter button and crank seemed to lock, and now neither want to move at all. I haven't forced anything (always been taught to take a softly-softly approach) and I'm left scratching my head as to what the issue might be. <br>
Do I need to try loading a film again to release the mechanism? I have a YashicaMAT 124, and so I'm aware of the basics of the forward/back wind to cock the shutter, but I'm really stumped here, and hoping that there is a simple answer, something I've missed or don't know about. <br>
I would be overwhelmingly grateful if there is anybody there who can tell me what I've done wrong/what I need to do to get it working!</p>
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<p>Hello, I'm new to Rolleis, and apologise if I'm asking a stupid question, but I recently got a 3.5 E, and have a problem with the shutter/crank.<br>
basically, when I got it, it was fine, apparently had been serviced recently and all good, apart from the self timer, which is not an issue for me. So, I tested the shutter and it seemed fine, and the film crank advanced etc. Now I don't know what I've managed to do, but when I started to load a film, it advanced to 1, and then the shutter button and crank seemed to lock, and now neither want to move at all. I haven't forced anything (always been taught to take a softly-softly approach) and I'm left scratching my head as to what the issue might be. <br>
Do I need to try loading a film again to release the mechanism? I have a YashicaMAT 124, and so I'm aware of the basics of the forward/back wind to cock the shutter, but I'm really stumped here, and hoping that there is a simple answer, something I've missed or don't know about. <br>
I would be overwhelmingly grateful if there is anybody there who can tell me what I've done wrong/what I need to do to get it working!</p>
<p>Many thanks in advance!</p>