On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Reuben Acciano wrote:
> The tech question is this: anyone know how to unlock a
> locked shutter on a wicked little rangefinder (35SP - I
> picked up an immaculate one and the appropriate Merc
> battery for AUS$90 last week - I swear, this thing is LNIB)
> but after a bit of experimenting with the flashmatic system,
> the shutter seems to have locked up completely, with the
> wind-on lever locked almost fully in the "wound on"
> position.
Have you been playing with the self-timer? If they haven't been used
for ages they can stick half-way and lock everything up. Mine did that
until I exercised it for a bit. IIRC the trick involved setting both
the shutter and aperture rings to the auto position, which would release
the self timer.
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