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Mirror is jammed
i newly but an old Chinon SLR (CA-4). The camera was fine and fired
good at different shutter speed. After a little more play the mirror went on and jammed there. It does not fire and neither wind. What is the reason for this problem and is it something I can repare myself. I am not technician but can do some technical works. It is a cheap camera and I do not want to use money to repare it. Thanks for your respons, Mojtaba |
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This camera has a red light in front of the body. The instruction:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ca-4s/ca-4s.htm says it is the self-timer lever. How such a light can be a self timer and how it can be engaged is a mistery to me. Mojtaba (Is confused) mojtabat at start dot no On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:43:08 +0200, Mojtaba wrote: i newly but an old Chinon SLR (CA-4). The camera was fine and fired good at different shutter speed. After a little more play the mirror went on and jammed there. It does not fire and neither wind. What is the reason for this problem and is it something I can repare myself. I am not technician but can do some technical works. It is a cheap camera and I do not want to use money to repare it. Thanks for your respons, Mojtaba |
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According to another person who has had similar problem hitting the
camera bottom sharply against an open hand could get it going. I just tried and it worked. When the mirror was down i noticed that the lower edge was dirty. I realized that it has got the oil from the foil. I know I should not do that but I could not help and cleaned the mirror with after shave. The foil on top where the lower edge of the mirror meets is very sticky: I tried to clean/ dry it with an anti static glass and lens cleaner. It seems it helps a little but I am not sure if this is the ru'ight way. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:43:08 +0200, Mojtaba wrote: i newly but an old Chinon SLR (CA-4). The camera was fine and fired good at different shutter speed. After a little more play the mirror went on and jammed there. It does not fire and neither wind. What is the reason for this problem and is it something I can repare myself. I am not technician but can do some technical works. It is a cheap camera and I do not want to use money to repare it. Thanks for your respons, Mojtaba |
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According to another person who has had similar problem hitting the
camera bottom sharply against an open hand could get it going. I just tried and it worked. When the mirror was down i noticed that the lower edge was dirty. I realized that it has got the oil from the foil. I know I should not do that but I could not help and cleaned the mirror with after shave. The foil on top where the lower edge of the mirror meets is very sticky: I tried to clean/ dry it with an anti static glass and lens cleaner. It seems it helps a little but I am not sure if this is the ru'ight way. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:43:08 +0200, Mojtaba wrote: i newly but an old Chinon SLR (CA-4). The camera was fine and fired good at different shutter speed. After a little more play the mirror went on and jammed there. It does not fire and neither wind. What is the reason for this problem and is it something I can repare myself. I am not technician but can do some technical works. It is a cheap camera and I do not want to use money to repare it. Thanks for your respons, Mojtaba |
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