27 Oct
2012
27 Oct
'12
1:19 p.m.
At 8:25 PM +0100 10/27/12, Tony Duell wrote:
I probably will. BTW, I realized a few minutes ago it's (35/50/85) I have.
This has been my suspicion.
It's certainly in 'Camera Maintenance and
Repair Volume 1', I have just
looked. I haev no idea if it's in any older single-volume version
I should have asked you what the publication date of yours is. It
looks like I was confused, and Vol. 1 was done in '92 and redone '99.
I haev all 6 books. Thew one I find most useful is
'Repairng the Great
Collectable Cameras'. Amaszingly, about the time I got it, a local camera
shop started to get in for sale second-hand examples of perhaps 50% of
the cameras in that book. I bought a fair number of them.
The Leica and Nikon books are interesting, but I regard those cameras as
being worth buing the service manuals for.
I should start picking them up and start expanding my library to
include repair information. I also need to start building (or buying
what I can't build) the tools I'll need.
Nikon S that
needs work, but plan to let a professional fix the
timing on it. While it's not the original body, I have my
Grandfathers three lenses (35/50/135), and his accessories.
You might find the Nikon book interesting, just to see what is involved. I'm
actually the most interested in slower speeds for Large Format
(4x5 and 8x10) lenses. I'm pretty sure my 8x10 shutter is decidedly
off.
A lot of old leaf shutters are. The one thing not to do is try to
'improve' things by filing or punchiong the edge of the speed cam. It was
right one, it will not wear.
Most of the time it's gummy lubricants. I take the darn thing apart and
clean the bits in solvent, wiming them clean, and repeating. Then
relubricate with watch oile or similar, but only in the right places. Tomosy's books givea good tip IMHO. Buy a cheap
leaf-shuttered 35mm
camera. Nobody wants those much now, so they are cheap unless it's a rare
model. Take that suhutter apart, put it together, tinker with it. When
you can handle that one easily, do the one on your large-format lens. The
design will be very similar.
I'd already planned on starting on camera's I don't care about. I've
found I'm starting to become a dumping ground. I have a Petrie I'll
likely start with. So far the extent of my repair work has been a
Nikkor Series-E 50mm f/1.8 lens in the late 80's (I was on a ship, it
got jammed, I had access to delicate tools, and really needed the
lens fixed). I've also fixed the focus on my Franka Rolfix.
Zane
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