Contax RTS Jammed

Xpres · Expire: 2014-10-28

Well done !

Perhaps you've a photo of the magic bit?

igottofly · Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 28 Location: Berlin

Ok. I bought one RTS on ebay because of the lens(planar 1.4) and the seller sold this one as defective because the winder was jammed.
At home I noticed that in fact, it wasn�t working, but I decided to buy a new battery and test it, you never know. Ok, didn�t work, so what? Let�s open the bottom an try to find out. With a small driver I was touching with care all thing that coud be a lever. And suddenly the shutter worked by himself!!! Wow! I try to wind it and now it was ok. But as soon as I try to press the shutter it was blocked again. I touch the same lever again and again it worked.
After this I pressed the film release button and he stayed down. And even if I open the back door he was down. Next move: with a coin I started to turn one piece in the left that is obvius it needed a coin to move. Suddenly something was unblocked, and I had the great feeling that I had solved the problem and in fact I did. I works very well now.
Conclusion: I don�t really remember the steps very well, but I will point in the picture above in this post the parts I touched. So, maybe with a little bit of luck and touching the same parts you will fix your. It was very easy for me, but i was very lucky, I had no idea of what I was doing,

So, the number 1 in the picture is the first piece I touched. Follow my arrow for the right movements. When I did this the shutter worked.
Wind again and try again.

After this press the film release button, he should stay down.

And in number 2 in the picture you will find the part I moved with a coin. After turning this one or two times to your right, turn it again to the left(initial position) Maybe you should touch in the number 1 (in the picture) again.

tRY AND do some variations, I did and it worked.

Good luck Razz

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