Annachristinaellis
@annnnachristina24 Jun
Sticky counter on FujiGS645
Can any film nerds help me unstick the counter? Usually when I open the door the counter resets back to 0 but it’s currently stuck on 27. The film advance lever keeps going but the counter stays. Some forums say there’s a tab on the inside door that I can press to reset it but I can’t find it… for more context, I’ve had the same issue twice before. The first time, I sent it for a full service and there were no reports about the issue but it came back reset. Another time I sent it for repair and he fixed the broken light meter (which I didn’t think was possible) and again, he didn’t mention the broken counter but it came back fixed! Thanks in advance for any insight 👀
Id love that camera.
Have you got any photos of inside of the door and the inside of the back of the camera, that the door presses against when shut?
From a reddit post... "I think there is a little tab that nestles into the channel that the back cover closes on to, in the top channel right of center. Opening the cover lets the tab pop up a bit, releasing the counter."... https://www.reddit.com/r/AnalogRepair/comments/1atf0e3/fuji_gs645s_frame_counter_wont_reset/
and from another... "Someone suggested finding a pin to push down in the door channel. That did the trick! Works. "
@lloydy110 @dan.le.brun eee sorry both I don’t seem to get notifications on here so only saw this after I sent it into the shop, thank you for trying to help! Apparently the counter wheel had detached so he stuck it back on. Took it for a spin today, let’s see if the images come out…
Dan, the little pin/tab I was trying to find for ages, it drove me mental! I eventually found it and was good to try that before sending it to the shop.
Lloyd, I know I’m not being very convincing with this post but it really is a great little camera if you can deal with things getting stuck every now and then! It is so lightweight for a medium format, I can take it with me everywhere (much lighter than my SLR)
No need to apologise, and glad you got it sorted. Be great to see how the roll turned out if you feel like sharing any on the Dailies feed when you have them developed.
Oh, I got this one! Yes I’ll definitely share if any come out decent!