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>I have a Mamiya m645.
> This is the old one, before they came up with the swoopy viewfinder.
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> Any ideas on what might have gone wrong,
> or what state it's in now?
> Des the batt check light up with the finder removed from the body? If not
> then it could be a duff battery, if it does clean the contacts refit the
> finder and see what happens.
>
> You have nothing to loose.
It appears that I had forgotten how to work the internal light meter system.
I was trying to adjust the shutter speed with the right-hand knob,
the one that's attached to the view finder,
without first having set the left-hand, on-camera knob to "Bulb".
Did that, works fine now.
Not sure *what* to make of the green lamp-test LED not coming on ...
works fine now too, both before and after following Rob's advice above.
Rob Bradford - 26 Jan 2008 10:19 GMT
Been there done that, in fact I'm about to dig mine out, I have't used it
much since getting a later model (645 Pro).

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>> Des the batt check light up with the finder removed from the body? If not
>> then it could be a duff battery, if it does clean the contacts refit the
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> Not sure *what* to make of the green lamp-test LED not coming on ...
> works fine now too, both before and after following Rob's advice above.