IMPORTANT: 7D / 5D adjustment program (2186)

I have installed Windows XP on old PC and it works!

Thank you all for your advise

Gr. Hans.

I think you may have to go to XP for that to work, I can't recall.

Hello for the first time!

For my hobby i always want a Minolta camera like Dynax 5D, a defect one, that i can repair (maybe with a second defect Dynax 5D).

Its a bit late for this forum, but i have bought for €15,- a Dynax 5D with a defect, the shutter wil not open.
I managed to fully disassemble the camera en made al the required adjustments to assemble the camera, discribed in the service manual.
Now the shutter works en make's foto's that are black (write to the CF-card).

I want now to use the adjustment program, but i can't get it to work.
The usb driver wil not install, my question is now, witch Windows version wil work this program? I have Windows 7 - 64bit, this wil not work, i have tried virtualbox with Windows 2000, wil not work, also Windows XP wil not work.
I get the message that the usb "inf" file has no info over the driver.
Can someone tell me wath i do wrong?

Here.

Thanks, Micholand. That's what I thought myself in the beginning because I had found this post on the web of someone converting his 7D to IR and he simply removed the filter. Then came Dave and said that all comes as a pack. And lastly, kept my old camera sensor, which was brilliant at all sensitivities. Now I am stuck with a sensor that is not only noisy as well as having loads of interference patterns/diagonals all across the images at ISO 800 and above as well as in shadow areas at times at ISO400. I am so gutted, because despite having other cameras I could always rely on my 7D to deliver the goods. But anyway, enough repeating myself, I will send it to Runtime at some point.

Once again thanks.

Hello again folks,

I have been absent for a while. Hate to revive old threads but it's what it is.

The story so far, I had the money for the repair and all but as fate would have it ( as usual) it gets spent on unexpected bills and life necessities. Nevertheless I want to still get it fixed. Now for the reason why I revived this thread:

I was going through the service manual and it seemed to me that the filter in front of the CCD is removable and replaceable, contrary to what the UK repairer said. I had asked him if he could simply replace the filter and I was prepared to pay the same amount as a full CCD replacement he said "no, it comes as a pack".

This is the only part that was affected as the only problem affecting image quality was scratches and cleaning marks that would not go away and were visible and occupying a large area. These were due to a defective sensor swab that damaged the filter.

The problem is he returned the CCD to me the first time, but did not the second time and since the camera seemed fine at first on after the second repair I did not make a fuss.

So to cut the story short, I am trying to find out if the filter on the CCD is replaceable or not, because it sure looks like it on the service manual to me.

Thanks guys. I might just send the camera to Mr Sen at Runtime for a quote at this time.

nigelbrooks wrote: Oh joy! Sounds like your 7D needs some 'Vorsprung durch Technik" from the guys in Bremen.

:D :D :D It sure does. I remember when Minolta went out of business, my camera was still in warranty and to replace/stick back a simple thumb rest nobody would do it and it had to go to Germany. I can't recall which company but I got a feeling it may have been Runtime. All I know is that to this day, that thumb rest looks as new as it was then.

Thanks for your help by the way, Nigel