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[Debcsr09]

Ok... so I'm new to film cameras and found a Konica Auto S2 camera at a thrift store. Immediately I fell in love. When I first bought it, it had film in it already. The camera was also functioning correctly for the most part, i.e. the cocking lever

[Harryrag]

What do you mean by the lever broke? This lever is part of a clockwork mechanism and usually breaks only when it is forcefully and wrongly operated. I suspect that after the camera quit you cocked the self-timer which then added to the problem, in other

[Nickon51]

The camera has an interlock that prevents wind on and exposure until the back is closed. There is a lever about 1/3 the way along from the right, in the top light seal channel, that springs out when the back is open. Push that lever in with a toothpic

[Virusesrus]

I have a Konica FT-1 with the mirror and shutter stuck in the open position. I put batteries in the camera and pushed the shutter button. Film was not in the camera. Batteries check out with volt meter,and contacts are clean. Any suggestions for an easy

[Harryrag]

Nickon, what you describe does by no means affect the wind lever or the rewind release button in any way, at last in the two dozen K Auto S2 cameras that went through my hands, but the lever sticking put does reset the frame counter to zero. On the

[Nickon51]

You are right Harry, I can only plead senility and laziness.

[Harryrag]

Never mind, things like this happen to me all the time and I use the same apologies.

[Peter Robinson]

Hey Harry, don't loose your rag. Is that where you got your name from?
 
Why don't you just come out and say that Deb is incapable of fixing this because that's what your implying. You don't need to lay all the other s**t on her.
 
If

[Harryrag]

As far as I can see nobody here asked for abusive remarks. You are in fact reading ulterior motives into my posting that are not there and probably only exist in your very own awry way of looking at things. But perhaps you can go on playing the knightly c

[Peter Robinson]

Nope, I can't help as I know nothing about the S2. That, according to you, is your area of expertise.  
 
I think it is you who are reading things into posts that are not there. Did the OP say she moved the ST lever after the camera locked? No

[Scott]

Deb, the short answer to your question is that there is probably nothing you can do to fix it without opening the shutter an/or removing the bottom plate.
 
The good news is that there is probably nothing actually broken --except your self-timer le

[Harryrag]

Quite right, Mr Robinson, there were really nice people here in those remote days. They were eager to help and so was I responding to Debcsr09 who can surely speak for herself and also ask questions, which she has not done by now.
I am by no mean

[Peter Robinson]

So for someone who claims names are unimportant, you seem to take great delight in using mine. I suppose you think that's clever. At least I don't hide behind false descriptions of myself.
 
It is, alas, you who need to try reading other'

[David_nebenzahl]

I agree with you, Monopix. It should be left up to the DIYer to decide whether they are competent to tackle a certain repair job, and not simply dismissed with a wave of the hand: Oh, that's too complex a job for anyone but an expert. Either tell

[Peter Robinson]

Either tell them how to do it, or get off the microphone and let someone else do it.
 
Amen!