Hello Lama
Sorry to hear about the 9, but it may just be oil on
the shutter blades. Don't give up yet. Second choice
is the winding gears under the bottom plate, either
too much grease or they slipped and jammed.
Try this link for general overhaul procedures on 70's
cameras, including oil on the blades repairs.
HTTP://www.photo.com/classics/forum/
The folks there are quite knowledgeable an very
helpful.
Regards
Bil Lat ham
--- Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I bought an Minolta Hi-Matic 9 which appeared to be
> "in excellant conditon" (as writ) to the seller.
> It wasn't but the good news
> is... it's now a free parts camera.
>
> The shutter won't fire so I'm thinking about maybe
> doing a Do-It-Yourself rebuild. I'm a former
> mechanic so I have more confidence
> than skill with small mechanisms.
>
> I have some very useful links but if anyone has one
> or two more, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Please don't spend a lot of time, but if somebody
> has them handy, would you please forward you links.
>
> Lama
>
> PS, Did you guys know that the aperture on the
> Stylus Epic is triangular (at least sometimes)?
>
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