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It's been a while but yesterday took the Mamiya C33 out. Everything seemed to be fine until I got to the 5th frame. Then it wouldn't wind on. The crank was solid, as though it had already been wound on.
Lenses off, lenses on (two lenses), lock/unlock lens etc, grasping at straws. Eventually I got it to move by cocking the lens manually, slowly and partially pushing down the shutter release while gently turning the crank, and this took two stages.
After that, it was fine and I finished the roll.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this?
Would a CLA possibly find and/or cure the cause? It'd be a shame to junk it as cosmetically it's exec+ and once past this jam, functioned perfectly.
When I unloaded it, the film was wound on perfectly to the spool, so I could rule that thought out. Oh and it dry-winds/fires no problem, too.
Losing two frames every time I take it out will be irritating, to say the least
Lenses off, lenses on (two lenses), lock/unlock lens etc, grasping at straws. Eventually I got it to move by cocking the lens manually, slowly and partially pushing down the shutter release while gently turning the crank, and this took two stages.
After that, it was fine and I finished the roll.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this?
Would a CLA possibly find and/or cure the cause? It'd be a shame to junk it as cosmetically it's exec+ and once past this jam, functioned perfectly.
When I unloaded it, the film was wound on perfectly to the spool, so I could rule that thought out. Oh and it dry-winds/fires no problem, too.
Losing two frames every time I take it out will be irritating, to say the least