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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-27-2014, 08:13 AM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
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Yeah, you're right, I must have lost my senses after all that soldering into the night ;). I meant, it's good that it's confirmed that there's no wire attached to there... but yes, there IS a dot of solder. Don't know.

I was thinking, since the ME-Super doesn't have that print in the inderneath (looked up other pictures on the internet of the insides of ME's), it must be for the special autofocusing function of the ME-F. So, it seems less likely that the problem with the LEDs is caused by a problem in that underside print right? Of course, everything is connected to everything so it might be, but doesn't seem so logical to me.

Anyway, I'm taking the camera apart now to see whether something else has coincidentally broken down at the same time or so. Wouldn't know what to do else...
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-27-2014, 01:37 AM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Haha, that's actually a good tip. I probably wouldn't be the first one to make that mistake but I've had those batteries in and out, changed them for new one, reversed them... didn't work either. They give a voltage of 5,58 volts, should be adequate I'd say...

Thanks, I know those things can be easily overlooked, just like figuring why your car doesn't work and in the end there's simply no fuel in it ;).
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 06-26-2014, 04:01 PM  
New user Pentax ME-F
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 3
Views: 656
Thanks all!
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-26-2014, 04:00 PM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Hey pixelsaurus, that's a great help to me! Seems like nothing was intended to be there in the first place. Good to know :D, thanks very very much!

So the problem must be something else.


Not a Number, I made a pinhole at the place the solder dot "should have been" (which apparently is not the case, it was an empty spot on Pixelsaurus' ME-F too) and soldered a little wire from the IC to the other side of the print and attached it to the lead there.

Yes I know heat can fry these components, but it was kind of a lost case to me anyway so I just gave it a try. Did my best to bring in as little heat as possible.

Am completely oblivious as to what could be the problem now though.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-25-2014, 03:50 PM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
I connected the pin of the ic, which was supposed to be connected to the missing "dot" to a trace on the other side of the print, which went quite well with a little piece of wire. Sadly, the thing still doesn't work. I measured it, and I do have voltage though...

Don't know. I can't stand it that I broke it somehow while fixing something else, but have been busy with it for 2 evenings now and I can't get it working so I'll put it aside then ;). A shame.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-25-2014, 08:32 AM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Thanks for the tip, I contacted Eric. It doesn't seem like a difficult repair though, if I'd only know what should be there/what it should look like.so any tips are welcome!
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-25-2014, 07:14 AM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Yeah, that's what I thought.

There's no loose wires anywere, that would have made the most sense.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-25-2014, 04:28 AM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
Posted By Rutger-peer
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Some very, very beautiful film pictures here! I've got some that I made with my Soviet Zenit 12xp here... They are scanned-in with a scanner, so that kind of makes it a whole new thing in itself ;).

---------- Post added 06-25-14 at 04:37 AM ----------

Sorry for the size of the pictures. Because my account isn't a day old yet, I'm not allowed to edit posts yet. I'll change the size asap.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-25-2014, 03:52 AM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Or can anyone post a picture of what this is supposed to look like?
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-24-2014, 03:39 PM  
ME-F faulty print?
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Hello everybody.

I acquired an ME-F today and it was up and working. It looks quite battered and so I was doing some cleaning and some minor fixing. As seems to be the problem more often, the battery lid was kind of broken and taped-up. So I took the groundplate off and found out what the problem was, fixed it (as far as possible), though I'd have to make something like a new lid from aluminium or so. I also took off the old foam in the lid since it had gotten sticky and was falling apart. I put in some new foam and after that, the camera wasn't working anymore, meaning that the light meter etc. don't work anymore, just like the battery indicator.

I suspect that a solder-point has stuck to the foam in the lid and has been torn off the print. I don't know for sure though, but the print shows an "empty spot" where I'd expect something should have been.

Can someone tell me or give me a hint as to whether that may be the cause of the malfunction or does anyone else have a clue? A picture is attached, I've circled the "empty spot". I even tried soldering the indicated IC-pin to that spot but it didn't work, meaning I got a solder-connection to the spot and managed to solder a wire to the pin, but it didn't help.

I'm curious whether someone can help me because it seems a very nice camera to add to my collection, which until now only consists of a Zenit 12xp and this one ;)

Best,
Rutger
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 06-24-2014, 03:27 PM  
New user Pentax ME-F
Posted By Rutger-peer
Replies: 3
Views: 656
Hello everybody,

I'm Rutger from the Netherlands. I'm an amateur photographer, exclusively using film cameras for several reasons: It's so basic, I like basic machinery. Moreover, I like the look and feel of analog pictures. Photographing using an analog camera is a wholly different experience from photograping with a digital camera, it makes you much more aware, you don't shoot pictures like using buckshot, but you are way more careful in choosing your subject as well as your point of view. Next to that, it's way cheaper and much more fun in my books. I don't develop my own pictures though, but that makes for a nice surprice every now and then!

I have been making pictures with my Russian Zenit 12xp and today I acquired a Pentax ME-F, which broke down this evening after I tried to fix some minor things about it.

Hope I can get some help on this forum, since it seems to be a very helpful one!

Best,

Rutger.
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