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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / July 2006Minolta XG-9 issue
I picked up a Minolta XG-9 at the local flea market for a song today with 200X flash. The camera is in excellent working condition except for one issue. With the flash attached and turned on the shutter stays open till the flash is turned off. Thinking it may be the flash I tried my 320X flash with the same results. Both flashes work fine on my XD-11. I then tried a Vivitar 283 flash and the camera worked fine. In other words the camera refuses to work with a dedicated flash but will work fine with a non-dedicated flash. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?? -- Colyn Goodson http://www.colyngoodson.com > I picked up a Minolta XG-9 at the local flea market for a song today > with 200X flash. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Any ideas on how to fix this problem?? Start by finding out the exact difference between the dedicated and non-dedicated flash units....What is the advantage of using the Minolta flash units? Whatever this feature is, it is responsible for creating the problem. >Start by finding out the exact difference between the dedicated and >non-dedicated flash units....What is the advantage of using the Minolta >flash units? Whatever this feature is, it is responsible for creating the >problem. The difference is in the case of the Minolta X-series (XG, XD) cameras the hot shoe and flash has a second contact which tells the camera to set the shutter speed to 1/60th flash sync speed which it is doing that based on the 1/60th LED blinking in the viewfinder as it should.. -- Colyn Goodson http://www.colyngoodson.com >>Start by finding out the exact difference between the dedicated and >>non-dedicated flash units....What is the advantage of using the Minolta [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > Colyn Goodson Well, apparently, this automatic 1/60th setting feature is not working properly....you could varnish over that contact with an insulating paint, and set the camera to 1/60th manually whenever you use the flash, perhaps......As I say, I am not familiar with that camera model....I only have a Nikon. >Well, apparently, this automatic 1/60th setting feature is not working >properly....you could varnish over that contact with an insulating paint, >and set the camera to 1/60th manually whenever you use the flash, >perhaps......As I say, I am not familiar with that camera model....I only >have a Nikon. That doesn't fix the problem. Since this is an electronic camera it could lead to more problems if it isn't fixed properly. -- Colyn Goodson http://www.colyngoodson.com >>Well, apparently, this automatic 1/60th setting feature is not working >>properly....you could varnish over that contact with an insulating paint, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Since this is an electronic camera it could lead to more problems if > it isn't fixed properly. Agreed....At this point, I would take it to a good camera repair shop, rather than try to fix it myself. - I wouldn't even know how to get into the electronics of any camera I own. (although I would be interested in watching how a repairman does it.) > I picked up a Minolta XG-9 at the local flea market for a song today > with 200X flash. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://www.colyngoodson.com Wild guess here, but having a 3rd contact on the hot shoe doesn't guarantee it has TTL I think the X-570/700 do and X370 doesn't, but the XGs don't. I think there should be a way to shut down the TTL to Auto. and still have the 3rd contact set the shutter to 1/60. It's still a guess. I'd try putting the PC cord into the socket and see what happens. If it works, then a piece of scotch tape in the shoe should do it. Bob Hickey >> http://www.colyngoodson.com >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >the PC cord into the socket and see what happens. If it works, then a piece >of scotch tape in the shoe should do it. Bob Hickey The XG9 isn't TTL flash capable. It can be set to 1/60th manually so it is useable with whatever flash will fit the shoe, as others have said, cover the 3rd contact. http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/xg9.htm >The XG9 isn't TTL flash capable. It can be set to 1/60th manually so it is >useable with whatever flash will fit the shoe, as others have said, cover the >3rd contact. >http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/xg9.htm There is no third contact on this camera. Just 2.. -- Colyn Goodson http://www.colyngoodson.com >>The XG9 isn't TTL flash capable. It can be set to 1/60th manually so it is >>useable with whatever flash will fit the shoe, as others have said, cover the >>3rd contact. >>http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/xg9.htm > >There is no third contact on this camera. Just 2.. One contact is the metal shoe itself, the side panels of the shoe that form the shoe are the ground in the electrical system. >Wild guess here, but having a 3rd contact on the hot shoe doesn't guarantee >it has TTL I think the X-570/700 do and X370 doesn't, but the XGs don't. >I think there should be a way to shut down the TTL to Auto. and still have >the 3rd contact set the shutter to 1/60. It's still a guess. I'd try putting >the PC cord into the socket and see what happens. If it works, then a piece >of scotch tape in the shoe should do it. Bob Hickey This model only has 2 contacts. One is the usual center contact while the other one sets the cameras shutter speed to 1/60th flash sync. -- Colyn Goodson http://www.colyngoodson.com |
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