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Anonymous
I just inherited an old camera from my uncle, and it seemed to work fine. Today, however i bought a roll of film, and when i tried to insert it, the film-advance lever (see pic) didn't go as far as it's supposed to, so i can't advance the film. It's pretty loose until it gets to the point where it "catches" the film, about 30degrees in the pic, and then it feels stuck and i can only move it about 5 more degrees with great force.

Does anyone know why this might be? Is it broken, have i forgotten a switch or something? I can probably supply some more pictures if neccecary, but it's kind of a hassle, so i hope this is an easy case.
>> Anonymous
Oh, it's a Minolta XG-1
>> Anonymous
Bump :'(
>> ac
Sounds broken to me.

On the plus side, manual-focus Minoltae are pretty cheap nowadays.
>> Anonymous
>>47316
I know it sounds broken, but it feels much more like a switch is triggered that shouldn't be or something like it.
>> Anonymous
press the shutter, then advance again.
>> Anonymous
Nothing happens when i press the shutter.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
Take it in to a camera shop, see if it's something simple that they can fix with a tiny screwdriver and tweezers. It often is. If not, keep the lens and get a new Minolta body on the cheap.
>> Anonymous
>>47331
Will do. Thanks.
>> Anonymous
minolta x-700
>> Anonymous
Somoething similar happened to my old X700, one of the capacitors died and wouldn't unlock a mechanism within the body. Cost of repair was more than a working X700 was worth.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>47501
Same sort of thing happened with my Pentax K1000. Shutter/winder assembly jammed/broke, and they wanted $150 to fix it. I got the camera for $35 on Craigslist. I declined to fix it, and just put it in a drawer. A few months later, another K1000 with a different lens popped up on Craigslist for $75, I got it, and it's been working great. I keep the extra broken body around for spare parts. :)
>> Anonymous
>>47295

The minolta XG series are much like the Canon's AE and it's offshoots in that if the batteries die, the whole camera dies. That is, you can't advance film, because you can't release the shutter, so it will in fact seem like it has become stuck as you describe. I would make sure that the batteries are in fact good, since you have not said if they were or not.
>> Anonymous
>>47528
That's why, even though I have no huge desire to work in film, I'm very tempted to buy an old, entirely mechanical 35mm film camera, for if my digital busts at a time when there are irreplicatable photographs to be taken.
>> Anonymous
>>47529

Indeed. I now have a much older SRT201 from minolta, because i have a fantastic f1.7 50mm that i didn't want to get rid of. This thing will probably work for 50-60 more years if i treat it right.

I practically destroyed an XG-9 trying to figure out what was wrong with it before I realized that it was simply that the batteries had died.
>> ac
>>47530
I've got a 50mm f/1.4 in a Minolta manual mount. Sadly, my SR-T-SC II has a not-entirely-functional shutter (I think it's misaligned, so one curtain's moving at a different speed than the other). Not sure if it's worth my time to try to fix it...
>> Anonymous
>>47295
As mentioned before - check battery. XG-1 has a battery check button. If battery is good and shutter still won't release, maybe try putting it in manual mode.