I bought a brand new sr7 in 1965 at the nx in yokosuka japan with the 50mm 35mm and 135mm lenses and a case for it all for a couple of hundred bucks. Thanks for refreshing my memory I still have a lot of slides i took with it.
Hi, I am having the problem with mirror going up while taking the picture. When I pull the advanced lever mirror goes up, viewfinder is black ofc, and after i press shutter button and take the picture, mirror comes back normally. This happened after i placed the film inside. Before puting the film inside I was fake picture taking and it worked normaly. Any idea whats happening here
Sure you didn't accidentally move the mirror-lockup button slightly? There are 2 major versions of this camera, the first without an On/Off switch, the second with On/Off switch. The mirror-lockup functions slightly different. Otherwise, it probably needs lubrication.
Hi there, I just picked up a beautiful condition SR-7 and when I opened the film door, there were no light seals nor any traces of it. It was just super clean. Before I start using it, I just wanted to check if this camera actually needs these light seals as I literally cannot find anything about this online. Thanking you in advance!
My film winding arm and shutter button won’t move. Any suggestions? It was working fine until after I had been (lightly) fiddling with the shutter speed dial.
It uses a 1.35V PX625 Mercury cell. These are no longer available, for environmental reasons. There are converters available that reduce the voltage of modern 1.5V cells.
This camera uses a single 1.35v PX625 Mercury cell. These are no longer available. You will need a "active" battery-converter to use modern 1.5v batteries. You should probably use Silver Oxide cells. Power is only needed for the light-meter to function, everything else is 100% mechanical. When introduced in 1962, the price, with the kit-lens, was US$ 270 = US$ 2,712 in todays money, so it wasn't a cheap toy-camera. The SR-7 is considered a historically significant camera, as it was the first SLR camera with a coupled Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) light meter. Not only is the camera great quality, it allows the use of any manual focus Rokkor/ Minolta lens, as Minolta kept the mount backwards-compatible. And Rokkors are GREAT vintage lenses...
I bought a brand new sr7 in 1965 at the nx in yokosuka japan with the 50mm 35mm and 135mm lenses and a case for it all for a couple of hundred bucks.
Thanks for refreshing my memory
I still have a lot of slides i took with it.
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dude this is so helpful thanks😄
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Lots of good info in this video for this old beauty ;)
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Hi, I am having the problem with mirror going up while taking the picture.
When I pull the advanced lever mirror goes up, viewfinder is black ofc, and after i press shutter button and take the picture, mirror comes back normally. This happened after i placed the film inside. Before puting the film inside I was fake picture taking and it worked normaly. Any idea whats happening here
Probably a mechanical issue and it needs cla
Sure you didn't accidentally move the mirror-lockup button slightly?
There are 2 major versions of this camera, the first without an On/Off switch, the second with On/Off switch.
The mirror-lockup functions slightly different.
Otherwise, it probably needs lubrication.
Hi there, I just picked up a beautiful condition SR-7 and when I opened the film door, there were no light seals nor any traces of it. It was just super clean. Before I start using it, I just wanted to check if this camera actually needs these light seals as I literally cannot find anything about this online. Thanking you in advance!
Honestly you won’t know until you try it out. Use a cheaper film to check for leaks or an expired one so it’s less expensive. Please subscribe
My film winding arm and shutter button won’t move. Any suggestions? It was working fine until after I had been (lightly) fiddling with the shutter speed dial.
The mechanics are located at the bottom of the camera. If you open it up see what might be jammed by fiddling the winding arm etc. please subscribe
What's the battery type for this? Can anyone share a link on where to buy.
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It uses a 1.35V PX625 Mercury cell.
These are no longer available, for environmental reasons.
There are converters available that reduce the voltage of modern 1.5V cells.
Do you know the size of tripod socket of sr7 model?
Sorry not sure
This camera uses a single 1.35v PX625 Mercury cell.
These are no longer available.
You will need a "active" battery-converter to use modern 1.5v batteries.
You should probably use Silver Oxide cells.
Power is only needed for the light-meter to function, everything else is 100% mechanical.
When introduced in 1962,
the price, with the kit-lens,
was US$ 270 =
US$ 2,712 in todays money, so it wasn't a cheap toy-camera.
The SR-7 is considered a historically significant camera, as it was the first SLR camera with a coupled Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) light meter.
Not only is the camera great quality, it allows the use of any manual focus Rokkor/ Minolta lens, as Minolta kept the mount backwards-compatible.
And Rokkors are GREAT vintage lenses...
Do you have a sample photos for this?
Unfortunately no it’s now a customers camera :-) but check flickr
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