MINOLTA XG-1 & XG-9
If everything lights in the camera when you test it ,it means the battery is alright,try this trick"Rotate the film advance connection at the bottom of your camera using a nickle (not the battery compartment) the one directly at the bottom of the shutter and should click if there's not you have some bigger problem.Good luck.
I recently found my Minolta XG-1 camera in a closet. Replaced the batteries, put some film in it but, despite the fact that the battery check light tells me my batteries are okay, I don't get a view out of the viewfinder (total darkness and no, the lens cap is not on!) and the shutter button does not click when pressed.
Everything seems to "work" fine--the film advancer is working, the ASA wheel moves w/o a hitch....
Is it just that its that old and hasn't been used since the 80's? Should I give up on it? Just thought it'd be fun to go back to the "good ol' days" of taking pictures every now and then.
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