petermain

This happened with a T I had a while back. Whatever it is, either a lever or shaft, which extends from the main body into the lens carriage, and cocks the shutter when you wind on, isn't extending far enough forward for some reason. So it only engages when the focus is at or near infinity, i.e. with the lens carriage fully retracted back towards the body. You either have to remember to wind back the focus every time between shots (which I didn't) or get it professionally fixed (which I eventually did).

Very interesting. I hadn't actually thought about focussing after the shutter was cocked but that works. What a pain, but at least I have a workaround now. Thanks John.

Bit of an odd one here - was wondering if anyone had any experience with this oddity. My newly acquired T1 seems to be running fine (all shutter speeds work correctly, half after every stop etc) but only when the lens part is close to the body. as soon as i focus closer (away from infinity), the shutter blades stop working. The mechanism fires, but the blades don't work.

Any ideas?