I once was told that in a case such as this, set the self timer and the shutter may fire. I've never faces this situation..so..??
Jack --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before you do anything else, replace the battery. Like many camera's > of that era, a low battery can cause lockups. > > -Adam > > On 12/22/07, Vic Mortelmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My Super A (a.k.a. Super Program, my most advanced camera body at > this > > moment) has locked up today... I made a shot, and advanced the > film, but > > the 'cocked' sign in the display does not show up, and the camera > can't > > be fired. So it seems like either the winding mechanisme locked up > half > > way, or it did wind properly, but the camera doesn't detect this... > > > > I manage to take off the base plate and the top plate, but don't > see any > > obvious problems and I'm not really in to further disassembly, not > > knowing what to look for. > > > > But before I take it to a repair shop (is it still worth a repair? > It > > cost me 90 euro and I know that even an attempt to repair will cost > me > > at least around 70 euro), I'd like to check on this forum if > there's no > > easy way I could solve this. I was thinking of > > > > 1. an indication of the part that 'detects' the shutter is cocked > (which > > I think may fail e.g. because of bad electronic contact?) > > > > 2. an indication if there's a way to force the camera to release > > (assuming that it is properly cocked, and which may return it into > > normal operation) > > > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > > > Groeten, > > Vic > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
