baybora

At this site there is a similar problem described, and it might be an aperture base plate problem you're experiencing - see Minolta Maxxum 7 problem

 

Alternatively, it might be worth asking in the film camera forum at dyxum.com, there are some fairly knowledgeable people there.

Thank you for the tip. I followed up, and found out that the problem happens due to the aperture plate issue. When I push the DOF button, I get the error on the display. Others have experienced the same. So, the camera goes back to the sender.

Thanks for the valuable insights you all have. I hope to contribute in the future.

No I can't use it. It doesn't work at all. I asked in other forum if someone knows what's wrong with it but I have no answer. It's sitting in a cabinet now. I may throw it away later.

I contacted a repair shop and described the issue, I am waiting to hear if they have a clue. I will report when I hear from them.

I am sorry to hear. It truly is an amazing camera. I ordered the VC-7 grip since I read in some of the forums that batteries may be the problem. I will report when it comes and I test it.

Bebu Lamar, do you still use yours, or basically it is not usable once it gets into this stage?

I am new here. I hope I can be of help to some of you sometime in the future. In the meantime I need your help.

I am so disappointed. I just bought a beautiful Dynax 7 camera, mailed from Japan, put a film in, took 2 shots, and turned the camera off. Then later when I turned it back on, the LCD display was blank, camera made some noise trying to initialize something, and then turned off again.

I followed the procedure shown in the manual to open the camera back (was locked) and was able to get the film out, but the problem persists. I thought maybe the batteries were bad, so I took them out and measured them, even put some new ones in and nothing changed. Only when I did the reset procedure to get the film back open I did here the shutter released (at least sounded like that - either a mirror lock or something else).

Please help if any of you have experience with this sort of thing.

Thank you.