Hello everybody,
I'm new to this forum and quite new to (analog) photography in general.
I shoot a few films with a good working Minolta XG-M but wanted to expand a little and got an old XD7 from ebay.
The camera works as it should, even though there are some few rubber pieces on the screen and it's a little dirty in general, but thats not a big deal for me.
Only when shooting with a speed of 1/500 or sometimes also on 1/250 the shutter and mirror hang open after every second release. In order to close them I need to shake the camera or hit it from the bottom (without too much force).That's the case on all of the modes, so when the Aperture priority mode is set and the camera calculates a speed of 1/500 the shutter may hang open after the release as well. There's kind of a 60% chance that the shutter will hang open on this time (1/500).
Can anybody help with ideas about what I could check? I'm quite good with electronics and small fiddly things. I already checked the mode switch and took the speed-dial apart but the contacts all look very good. Re-assembling the tungsten wire was horrible though :-D
I assume it is a mechanical issue but it's strange that every other time seems to work just fine.
If anybody could help this would be great! I already have the repair guide which helped a lot so far but the problem I am experiencing is not covered in the guide.
Thanks a lot!
cheers, yves