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XD5 film advance winds continuously but shutter never cocks

Started Feb 8, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP Ditech New Member • Posts: 3
Re: XD5 film advance winds continuously but shutter never cocks

Please disregard post. Problem resolved itself.

I've been treating the camera gently as befits an article of its age, and winding on slowly. I must have got irritated demonstrating the problem to someone this morning and operated the advance lever twice rapidly in quick succession. On the third demonstration of the fault the lever wouldn't wind on. I pressed the shutter release and just heard it release very quietly.

It has to have been either the very fast repeat that somehow caused cogs to engage, or that old grease softened in what is a rather overheated room.

Now to put a test film through it!

I'd read these shutters were quiet, but that simply didn't prepare me for how quiet they really are.

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