Originally posted by stevebrot
Are you saying that the camera was fully functional (no aperture control failure) before applying the "fix"?
Steve
I'm sorry for not being clear, I mean obviously the camera has aperture block issue, but before the operation I was playing with it using f22 (or the smallest aperture of the lens on the camera), because at that aperture aperture block is no longer a problem. It took hundreds of photos without any issue, so I thought maybe its shutter mechanism is still fine?
In fact, what exactly happened was, after the first try, I put the battery in, turned on the camera and tested, the shutter was blocked right after the first click, and exposure failed also, all photos were white. I assume my repair was unsuccessful, so I did a second try: unsolder the new solenoid, took it out, put it back, solder it again. This time the camera works perfectly in live view (exposure and everything, at all apertures), but the shutter remains stuck every-time unless I used mirror lockup mode to clean the sensor.
I concluded that:
- The new solenoid actually works
- I did something wrong during the first try leading to the shutter being blocked
- If I can "reset" the shutter, while maintaining the current new solenoid, the camera will resume its service.
As of now it remains unusable for me, since I rarely use LV, and using the viewfinder is not possible since the shutter is blocking almost all light.
Any idea?