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SWC back hiccup?

zthee

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Got a new SWC last week - Love it!
Have already pushed a roll of film through it, so I know it works OK.

So I brought it as my only camera on a one week trip to Istanbul.

And had a terrible thing happening today. Took a pic, and then tried to wind the camera - It was jammed!

Looking at the crank side of the SWC, it was like the cog that winds the film had pushed the back out of position. So there was a little gap between the house and the back. The cogs didn't interlock. Tried to put in the dark slide, couldn't detach the back, popped the back open (wasted a whole roll of film! But fortunately just 1 picture taken..) - Still couldn't get the camera to wind.

Figured it was busted and it was going to repair anyway - Brute force wind the camera... And it worked! Could detach the back. Put on my other back, and took a picture - Winded... and it went well!

But now I don't dare use the "faulty" back. Or was it the back? And I'm scared it will happen again. I've never had this happen before. Though I'm used to a 200 series camera. Is there any difference in winding mechanism between the SWC and the 200/500?

It might have been that the back wasn't properly installed - But I didn't think that could happen? Is it really possible to misalign and still be possible to remove the dark slide + take picture?

I'll be ultra careful in the future. But I'd still like to know the cause - So if any of you guys have a clue?
 
Answering my own question -

Tried the "faulty" back on the camera again. And if at picture 1, then picture taken + wind - it will only advance to 1,5. The other back advances like it should. So it isn't the camera!

So now the "faulty" back is renamed to the faulty back.

And I'll be trying to fix it as soon as I get home.
 
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