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Minolta Camera: Minolta SRT 200 Film Advance Lever Stuck

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:44:50 -0700

I picked up a Minolta SRT 200 from an antique store for next to nothing, seems to be in really good condition (very clean, things seem to work and move properly without a battery.)

But I can't move the film advancement lever beyond the 20-degree free rotation amount. With the back off the lever doesnt move any of the hardware inside.

Any ideas?

⟐ Commented 3月 21, 2023 at 13:44 GMT-7

Minolta QTsi Maxxum: Why does my camera randomly shut down?

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:14:57 -0700

Sometimes my camera will shut down when I am taking photos and I don't know why. Any thoughts?

⟐ Answer accepted 7月 11, 2017 at 4:14 GMT-7

Minolta X-370: The shutter won't work

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:48:45 -0700

I've taken it to a a few places and they're not sure on how to fix a camera like this. i've tried to get the shutter to work when i want to take a picture, but there never is the sound that it goes off. Is there any way to repair it or some simple way to gently take it apart and make sure that it still does work? I just don't want to take it apart and break something...

i rather enjoy this camera then the new digital ones that sell for way too much.

any help would be greatly appreciated :)

⟐ Commented 1月 28, 2025 at 12:48 GMT-7

Minolta X-370: Film advance lever stuck

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:41:28 -0700

The film advance lever won't move more than 1/2", how do i troubleshoot this problem? Does it have to. Have film in it to advance? Does it have to have the batteries in to have the advance lever move?

Herb

⟐ Commented 10月 19, 2022 at 13:41 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: Why won't the camera shutter release in my Minolta SRT SC-II camera?

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 08:24:24 -0700

The film advance lever seems to have been fully cycled and is at its normal rest position. Pushing shuttter button by hand and by cable does not cause the shutter to activate. There is no film in the camera now. Removed the bottom cover and could not locate any issues, Moved the two visible ratchet hooks clear of the Pawls and tried both advance and shutter with no luck. Expect that the shutter needs to be fired before the film advance lever is free.

Advice on where to look and what to look for? If I need to go super deep into the works I'll probably give up on it.

Thanks

⟐ Commented 12月 31, 2022 at 8:24 GMT-7

Minolta X-370: Shutter curtain only opens half way

Fri, 31 May 2024 19:21:11 -0700

When I press the shutter, the curtain only opens half way, which makes my pictures look like "half taken", with a big chunk of blackness on one side. I've never repaired a camera before, so I would appreciate some guidance.

⟐ Answer accepted 5月 31, 2024 at 19:21 GMT-7

Minolta Dimage Xt: Unable to format a new 8GB sd card.

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:37:23 -0700

I have just tried to format a new 8GB sd card in my camera and it will not format it.

It keeps giving me the message Unable to use card, it has a yellow triangle preceeding the message.

I have tried formatting the card on my computer which was completed OK but when offered to the camera gave me the same message.

I have made no alterations to the camera and it still accepts my old card, but at 64MG it really is nowhere near big enough, any help would be appreciated.

Yours hopefully

David Booth

Many thanks for your suggestion, it seems that I will have to be content with a smaller capacity card, what a pain, I love the camera as it does all I want.

Tank you again

regards

David Booth

⟐ Answered 3月 15, 2018 at 17:37 GMT-7

Minolta X-370: Why is my frame counter not working? and where can I go to fix it?

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:08:28 -0700

When I take a picture the frame counter is stuck at S.

⟐ Answered 4月 08, 2024 at 5:08 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: MINOLTA SRT-200 Shutter button issue

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:14:44 -0700

PLEASE HELP ME. I have a shutter button issue with my Minolta SRT-200. I recorded a video to explain the issue. Thank you in advance : https://youtu.be/uUvUTI81yEY

⟐ Commented 3月 18, 2024 at 4:14 GMT-7

Konica Minolta Dimage Z6: Why is my camera not able to use the SD card I put in?

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:01:09 -0700

When I try to put in an SD card (I started with a 32GB, then an 8GB, and the smallest I own, a 4GB SD card) it gives an error message saying it cannot use the card.

I did some research to see what capacity SD card it could handle and I found it can only handle 16MB (or possibly higher) or a 2GB card.

I also tried formatting the 4GB card to every available format type and partition size, but that didn't work either.

⟐ Commented 3月 29, 2023 at 9:01 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: Is this look like a crack or a deep scratch? Minolta 80-200 f4.5 kit

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:29:23 -0700

I asked this back in 2018, but didn't have the means to get a proper balanced photo of the defect. I know I could edit the 2018 post, but it's 5 years old and I had bad photos.

I have had this lens for quite a few years, as well as a mint 50mm 1:7, and both are "common" as the 50mm was often a kit lens, or a popular add-on at the time it was new. It has no issues and I got a chance to take it out 5 years later; it is freaking good. However, I took this one out with me as well to better inspect it (as well as a backup Sigma with similar range; 28-200 f1:38-5.6 UC) just in case; glad I did, as it was not pretty.

I'm pretty much just about 100% confident this is a crack, which is why I reverted back to the Sigma but was also prepared with a spare Quantaray* which doesn't go out as far, but is made by Sigma. Is this look usable, or should I dump it in a parts lens lot?

*PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ME ANY CRAP about this based on the name like dedicated forums. I know about how quick some people are to rip on someone for having a Quantaray despite most being made by Sigma and not Tiffen since it's a Ritz special. Mine look like Sigmas.

⟐ Edited 12月 13, 2022 at 18:29 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: XG-1 Cleaning old battery acid from the cover?

Sun, 01 May 2022 08:28:46 -0700

I got this XG-1 untested with a 50mm 1:1.7 SR lens and have confirmed it works, but I had to make a minor adjustment to the film advance as the alignment was just a bit off. Other than that, it worked great at first after adjusting the shutter; I think my tests did it, or it was tripped up and I got it super cheap over that alone. I did a film test with a suspect roll of Kodak Gold 200 as it was not film tested (I didn't trust random film, specially from a vintage SLR). But there is damage from the leaky batteries in the battery cover that was there before I got it, from batteries which were never removed.

(The reason I was okay with trashing the unknown Kodak Gold 200? It's grainy, and I usually shoot Fuji 400 or Kodak professional stock, plus nor do I know when it expired/what's on it).

Vintage camera note: if anyone is worried that I inadvertently handled a "Mercury battery", I highly doubt it - even then unless it's leaking, they're like lead paint; harmless unless you intentionally do damage to them, to the handler. The ocean and landfill on the other hand suffers. Those were banned or were being banned when the time the XG-1 came out, so Minolta used LR44/AG13/357/etc. batteries in the XG series. Trust me, I had that worry since the mercury battery was so common for metering in film SLRs. But generally, it seems like most mercury battery SLRs only used it for metering, not function so you can just ignore it.

How do I clean this without damaging the battery cover? I can get them, but I'd much rather avoid trying to chase one down for such a old camera.

@danj the acid was neutralized but the nickel plating was damaged in the process. I shouldn't have an issue right?

⟐ Answer accepted 5月 01, 2022 at 8:28 GMT-7

Minolta QTsi Maxxum: Why won't my flash pop up?

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:14:07 -0700

When I try to take a picture with my flash setting on, the flash piece will not pop up. Help?

⟐ Answered 11月 02, 2016 at 14:14 GMT-7

Minolta QTsi Maxxum: Why won't my camera mount a triPod?

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 13:59:24 -0700

My camera will only make one twist onto a tripod, but will not twist more to fully mount one. How can I fix this?

⟐ Answered 11月 02, 2016 at 13:59 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: Minolta X-570: Why can't I advance my film, the lever won't move

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:54:23 -0700

One day I shot a picture using my Minolta X-570. The shutter worked normally but when I tried to advance to the next shot, it was if the gears in the camera were locked.

⟐ Edited 8月 16, 2016 at 15:54 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: How to disassemble the camera?

Thu, 14 May 2015 21:10:32 -0700

How do you take apart a Minolta SRT 101 102 201 202 and SCII camera What tools do you need

⟐ Answer accepted 5月 14, 2015 at 21:10 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: Can not see through the lens to take picture

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:43:45 -0700

When looking through the DYNAX300si eyepiece every thing is dark

⟐ Edited 10月 16, 2013 at 14:43 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: Pieces fell out of my camera

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:59:59 -0700

I was trying to fix a problem with my film camera, but pieces from the bottom fell out of it in the process and now I can easily push the lens back in and it won't move the lens at all. I will attach some pictures so you guys can see the pieces and how it looks like right now.

⟐ Commented 11月 04, 2025 at 19:59 GMT-7

Minolta Camera: Shutter on Minolta Maxxum 7000 35mm SLR Film Camera doesn't work

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:17:25 -0700

Can the shutter on the Minolta Maxxum 7000 35mm SLR Film Camera be repaired by myself, or do I need to take it to a camera shop and where would I take it?

Thanks,

Carol Malone

canbooks@gmail.com

⟐ Commented 8月 14, 2020 at 8:17 GMT-7

Minolta X-370: My camera's shutter and mirror are sticky.

Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:37:30 -0700

My camera has had a problem where if it is fired at a shutter speed slower than 1/125th, it has a pretty good chance for the shutter curtain to pop open only about a third of the way, almost completely close, and then the mirror gets stuck up. I can fix this by pushing the shutter all the way closed, and then the mirror will slap down and the camera will work fine. The batteries are fresh and working, the foam bumper for the mirror is the original one, but with absolutely no visible wear to it at all; it's not tacky in any way. Does anyone have any ideas?

⟐ Edited by author 9月 10, 2017 at 0:37 GMT-7