Pentax 645 help needed, shutter will not fire or advance film to 1st frame

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173 posts

9 years
north east england

Link Posted 24/03/2015 - 16:33

bought what I thought was a really clean 645, l have put fresh batteries in, it powers up i.e lcd screen and the red reading in the view finder but l cannot get it to load the film to the first frame, l have loaded the 120 film correctly but when l depress the shutter button nothing happens, l'm gutted and in the need of help

many thanks Mike

SteveF

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14 years
Warwickshire

Link Posted 24/03/2015 - 20:12

Have you seen this?

http://forum.mflenses.com/pentax-645-guide-modern-photo-test-1985-lens-resolutio...

lxmike

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173 posts

9 years
north east england

Link Posted 25/03/2015 - 19:06

thanks for the reply, sadly the 645 is still inoperable

gartmore

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17 years
Glasgow, Scotland

Link Posted 28/03/2015 - 17:49

It happened to me once and it required a new main board. I cant remember how much it cost but it was surprisingly little along with a full overhaul

Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -

lxmike

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173 posts

9 years
north east england

Link Posted 05/04/2015 - 11:23

Thanks for all the replies chaps, well the 645 went back to the seller and l got a refund minus postage but hey ho not a total loss

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