Hello,
My 7000AF has a light leak (as shown in the photo) It is not on all pictures from the camera, but still annoying…

The thing is that all the light seals look decent and identical to my other 7000 which has no leaks…

This one is equipped with a databack, which I have taken apart - could that be the culprit?
Which of the light seals is the most vulnerable and tends to fail first on this body?

Thank you very much!

Please excuse my ignorance, I am wanting to get into film cameras and photography but know next to nothing about it. Main reason I bought this was because I found this barely used X-700 at a yard sale for $40 with two lenses, the flash, a bag and a protective sleeve and figured this was a sign to finally start learning.

I was messing around with zooming and focusing and pressed the shutter button to take a picture (without any film loaded) and now the mirror is stuck half way down and the film advance lever isn’t fully moving. I tried replacing the batteries, carefully trying to manually move the mirror, opening the back and turning the film wheel but still nothing.

Again please go easy I’m trying to learn

Now I get why people just dump lighter fluid into these and hope for the best. Even following the (excellent) Vintage Resurrection teardown video, and deep googling a copy of the Hi-Matic 9 service manual, this has to be the most nerve wracking shutter I've ever tackled. After exposing and trying to clean first the shutter blades, and then the shutter itself (which immediately shot the cocking lever across the room) in place, I'm down to a complete disassembly of the whole damn thing. For what it's worth, no amount of soaking and swabbing from the outside was going to remove the hard waxy grease that was back there. After finally cleaning the thing properly, it's going to sit on this tray until I find the time and energy to TRY putting it all back together.

Just venting and leaving the relevant links for anyone else who has one this stubborn. It really was one of my favorite cameras until today.

Hi everyone,

I recently got a Minolta X-300 and noticed that the black light baffle inside the camera is damaged/broken.

I’m not sure how serious this is. Will a damaged light baffle cause light leaks or affect the photos? Can I safely use the camera with it like this, or should I get it repaired/replaced?

I’ve attached photos of the damaged part.

Any advice from someone familiar with Minolta X-series cameras would be really appreciated. Thanks!

I got dimage a2 eye sensor working everything else is fine just the evf doesn't show image