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Bolex EL blocked when light meter is on


Floris Vanhoof

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Last 2 weeks, I made thousands of single frame shots with my Bolex EL, each with their own light measurement.

And now when the light meter button is pushed in, the light meter works, but does not jump back after waiting long enough nor after pushing the release knob to start filming.

This problem occurred gradually, first only sometimes and now all the time.

After waiting minutes, there's a soft click,  and after this I can fiddle with the light meter button to stop measuring the light and start filming.

Anyone experienced with this? Or ideas how to solve this problem?

Thanks on beforehand.

Floris

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Well, like an old car that starts to make strange sounds, your camera needs a service. Something in the meter cell retraction mechanism is not working properly. Unfortunately ELs are the hardest Bolex model to service and many techs don’t work on them, so I don’t know who you can send it to sorry.

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2 hours ago, Dom Jaeger said:

You can’t see the gate in that photo. That’s the light meter cell.

But from the condenser optic above the ground glass I doubt it’s S16.

I kinda figured it’s not S16 But in this camera I really don’t know what to even look for. I’ve never used a bolex. 
 

As long as it looks ok to you I’m fine. I didn’t even know it had a built in light meter. 

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