Mamiya C33 film advance

[Christopher Dibb]

I have a Mamiya C33 TLR that has a problem with film advance. Sometimes, the
film counter doesn't reset when you open the back. If it does, the film
starts advancing ok but aound frame 7 it starts to stop short: the handle
won't wind past about a three-quarter turn and the negatives overlap. At
other times the automatic film advance stop mechanism doesn't work at all.
That's not too bad because I can just turn a full revolution and check for
accuracy with the little red window.

Obviously, the film advance needs a service. The question is: can I do this
myself? Is it easy to get at? Will it likely just need lubrication?

I'm pretty handy and also quite adventurous, especially as the camera isn't
worth very much money, not enough to spend up on having it done
professionally, anyway. But it's a good performer and it seems a pity to
throw it away.

Any suggestions?

Chris

[David Grabowski]

Well know problem with these cameras. What you can do is make sure the
back closes tightly. In the upper right corner of the camera back
opening is a metal pall, the back has to push that down when closed or
the advance won't work correctly. If that's ok it needs service. The
one I had overhauled for this problem cost me $50, that was a C330 but
this should be similar.

David Grabowksi
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[Pete Schermerhorn]

> In the upper right corner of the camera back opening is a metal pall, the
back has to push that down when closed or the advance won't work correctly. If
that's ok it needs service <

For the last few years that I used my C2 and C3's, I carried a small tool which
I shaped from a broken hacksaw blade. You could use a knife edge, but I
preferred to have something without a sharp edge. After I closed the back, I
would slide the edge into the narrow space between the closed back and the body
- right where the pall is located - and press in. At the same time, I would
start to slowly crank the film, checking to make sure that the counter had been
reset. It usually worked, and I continued to do this until I started with the
Hasselblads.

Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts
Remove nojunk.

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Thanks for the help, folks.

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