Re: Fuji 617 Roll Thru

[IAPPPresident@xxxxxxx]

Dear Colin,

I hope you don't mind hearing from a girly-guy .. . .but whenever I've had 
trouble with the winding mechanism, it's needed professional help.   Send it 
in.  

Mine has jammed a few times, and when it jams, you can't wind it at all.  You 
do, of course have the option of taking the top off the camera and disabling 
the counting mechanism by tying some dental floss to just the right lever in 
the winding mechanism (wiggle all the levers until you figure out which one 
will allow you to wind to your heart's content).  Then you load a roll of 
film so the arrow is 1/4 inch past the red dot, it's 7 full cranks to the 
first frame, 3 2/3 cranks to the second frame, 3 1/3 cranks to the 3rd frame, 
and 3 cranks to the final frame.  After some practice, I can now do this in 
15 minutes.  It does not fix the mechanism, but it does allow me to get 
through a job.

There have been some winding/counting mechanisms that get metal fatigue in 
some critical place, and my experience is that the whole mechanism then needs 
to be replaced.  

Liz Hymans
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In a message dated 6/15/00 3:55:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
cirkutoz@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Hi Guys,
 
 Any help regarding why a 6 month old 617 would suddenly roll 4 rolls of
 film through the camera without stopping at the designated frame # 1,2,3
 &4? >>