Bronica SQA - Shutter speed battery etc.

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Hopefully a simple one. My Bronica SQA appears to only be firing at the mechanical speed of 1/500. I'm just dry firing it with no film in. The battery check light is illuminating okay. Same whichever lens I fit.

I assume I need a new battery but since the check light is operating, just thought I'd ask and see if I should check anything else...
 
gad-westy said:
Hopefully a simple one. My Bronica SQA appears to only be firing at the mechanical speed of 1/500. I'm just dry firing it with no film in. The battery check light is illuminating okay. Same whichever lens I fit.

I assume I need a new battery but since the check light is operating, just thought I'd ask and see if I should check anything else...
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It is possible that there is enough juice left to power the battery check light, but not enough draw for the electronic shutter.

What kind of battery are you using? Bronica recommends a silver-oxide battery, says that alkaline are okay, but discourages the use of lithium batteries.
 
Cheers RJ. Seems to be silver oxide. I think I'll order a new one an go from there.
 
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Cheers RJ. Seems to be silver oxide. I think I'll order a new one an go from there.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that it might also be worth cleaning the contacts in the battery compartment and/or the contacts where the lens and the camera connect.

gad-westy said:
My Bronica SQA appears to only be firing at the mechanical speed of 1/500. I'm just dry firing it with no film in. The battery check light is illuminating okay. Same whichever lens I fit.
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Hopefully one of the above suggestions does the trick for you, but I have previously encountered this problem myself and I ended up having to send my SQ-A out for repair. Works perfectly fine now though.
 
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