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.
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"scenic_man" <l96wagt02@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I have a Mamiya m645.
> This is the old one, before they came up with the swoopy viewfinder.
> (model "J"?)
>
> I got it 2nd hand last June, and it worked quite well
> (except that the thing that automatically resets the frame number
> when I finish the roll doesn't work).
> I used it off and on through the summer and fall.
>
> Then a couple weeks ago, I went to use it,
> and the LEDs of the "exposure assist" (match the "needles") didn't light
> up.
> I couldn't think of any good reason why the battery would have run down,
> although there probably is such a scenario.
>
> Anyway, I bought a new battery, and tonight I put it in.
> Still no LEDs!
> And, more specifically, pushing the little "lamp-test" button on the
> right-hand side does not light up the little "battery-OK" LED
> on the left-hand side.
>
> Any ideas on what might have gone wrong,
> or what state it's in now?
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