LC-A help hey guys i read from lomography.com that when taking a pic on a lca, two clicks will be heard. juz got my lca today and in the afternoon,
i happily bring it out for some -*test*-('") shoot. im not really sure did i hear or feel 2 clicks when i press the buttons. i tried again just now in
low light condition, i press the button hold for a long time but all i heard was only one click.
another problem is the lights in the viewfinder did not appear when i press the button.
are these two problems linked? can anybody help?
ranon- 05-26-2008
it might or might not be linked. it can be that the lights are not be working anymore for your case. what i suggest you do, is that you replace with a frest set of battteries.
hmmmm, actually you might not realise that there are 2 clicks, even though there were. i dont know what you mean by low light conditions. how low is low?
you now have 2 options.
1) if you've already like shot half a roll and dont want to rewind, what you can do it to "waste" one frame by covering the lightmeter, then firing off. you should hear 2 clicks distinctively-with the first click being the shutter opening and the second one the shutter closing.
2) if you're only like 5 shots into the roll, i suggest you rewind it, but not all the way(since you'll have to bring it out to a lab to unpick the film lead). this however might be a bit hard for you to gauge, since its your first time using a LCA. take out the film, then with the back cover open, fire of the shutter while putting your LCA against the light. you should see a very quick(less than 1 second) opening and closing of the shutter.
maybe you would like to try and get back to us.
feetless- 05-27-2008
hey bro, i've changed the batts, and i tink it works fine now. thanks for ur help man. by the way, when i close the lens cover, should the red lights be still on? itz still on for my case
invisibl3- 05-27-2008
red lights should only be on when u half press the trigger.
ranon- 05-27-2008
yeah, it should never be on, on standby mode.
feetless- 05-27-2008
haha, brought my cam to camera hospital. it appear theres something wrong with the shutter. and theres some fungus on the lens. cost me $120. heart pain...
freakyfir- 06-10-2008
haha, brought my cam to camera hospital. it appear theres something wrong with the shutter. and theres some fungus on the lens. cost me $120. heart pain...
where is the camera hospital? i just got my lc-a yesterday and the light didn't light up even when i halfpressed.
i found some help here:
http://www.kataan.org/techref/opening-lomo-lca.htm
i THINK it works now (being my first roll). not too sure about 1 or 2 clicks :\ but the release button feels funny now.
should i go to this camera hospital?
ranon- 06-11-2008
you should go only after you realise something is wrong when you develop your first roll.
freakyfir- 06-11-2008
you should go only after you realise something is wrong when you develop your first roll.
gotcha. very sound advice :)
i feel wary everytime i snap though. ARGH. haha.
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