Shutters
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Mamiya 90mm f/3.8 (1973): Excess Moly Lube in the Shutter
Servicing an early version of the Mamiya 90mm f/3.8 lens (1973). Shutter was sticking (delayed release) and needed disassembly and cleaning off of…
Rolleiflex 4x4 Baby Rollei: Modified 00 Shutter Mainspring
Servicing a Rolleiflex 4x4 (Baby Rollei 127). It's been a while since I repaired one of these and now a remember why I did not find it that joyful. Rollei…
Rolleiflex 2.8F Xenotar: Synchro Compur Shutter and Mainspring
Servicing a Rolleiflex 2.8F w/Xenotar lens. This really clean example needed a shutter service as the blades were sticking partially open as seen in the…
RB67 37mm Fisheye: Mounting Problem and Delayed Shutter Release
Servicing a not too common lens for the Mamiya RB67 - the 37mm Fisheye, the widest lens made for that system. This example would be one of the earlier…
RB67 90mm f/3.8 Early Version: Delayed Shutter Opening
Servicing a Mamiya 90mm f/3.8 lens for RB67. This is an early version (July 1973) with the sync terminal permanently attached to the housing as seen in…
Leica IIF: Personal Camera Service After 20 Years of Non-Use
Although I don't generally service Leica cameras any longer for my business, I have a small collection of various models in my personal collection that I…
Kodak 14 Inch Commercial Ektar: Servicing the Ilex 5 Shutter
Servicing a Kodak 14 inch Commercial Ektar lens for 8x10. The Ilex 5 shutter that this lens is installed in needed the typical cleaning and lubrication…
Fuji GS645S Wide 60: Shutter Hanging Open and Rangefinder Fault
Servicing a Fuji GS645S Wide 60 Professional. The issue was that the shutter would hang open and the rangefinder did not work. On opening the shutter, I…
RB67 140mm Macro C: Collided Blades in the 870 Shutter
Servicing a Mamiya 140mm f/4.5 Macro C lens for RB67. The problem with this lens was that the shutter blades collided and are ruined. The second photo…
RB67 350mm f/5.6 APO K/L: Inconsistent Slow Shutter Speeds
Servicing a Mamiya RB67 350mm f/5.6 APO K/L lens. No too common of a lens, image quality and lens glass build is outstanding. This particular example had…
Fuji GSX617: Copal 0 Shutter With Electronic Release Switch
Recently acquired this Fuji GSX617. Interesting camera, uses interchangeable lens boards, this one has a 105mm lens installed. Shutter needed some light…
RB67 65mm Floating Element Lens: Replacing With an 871 Shutter
Servicing a Mamiya 65mm RB lens. This is a later floating element model. The shutter came into the shop locked up. A quick look at the shutter blades as…
RB67 127mm Lens: Delayed Shutter Release From Dried Lubrication
Servicing a 127mm Mamiya RB67 lens. Symptom was that there is a delay in the shutter release after the mirror goes up in the body. This is always caused by…
RB67 90mm f/3.8 Lens: 791 vs 653 Shutter Differences
Servicing a Mamiya 90mm f/3.8 lens for RB67. Mamiya made three different generations of shutters for the RB lenses. The last two are the most common that I…
Ilex 5 Shutter: Cleaning the Slow Speeds Escapement
Servicing an Ilex 5 shutter. These are about the largest leaf shutters that you normally will find on large format cameras. This one needed a typical…
Mamiya Super Omegon 90mm f/3.5 Lens: Oil on Shutter Blades
Super Omegon 90mm f/3.5 lens by Mamiya. Servicing this lens (fits the Rapid Omega 100/200) with oil on the shutter blades. If you look at the number three…
RB67 Lens: Fitting a Newer Shutter with External Sync Terminal
Mamiya RB67 lens replacement of shutter. I am getting ready to replace an old style RB shutter (circa 1972) with a newer designed shutter. The new shutters…
Synchro Compur Shutter: Testing Flash Contact Efficiency
As part of the intake process on all shutters, I check contact efficiency and insulation of the flash circuit. After repairs these figures are checked…
RB67 65mm Lens: Checking for Oil on the Shutter Blades
Mamiya RB67 65mm Lens. This lens arrived for service and the first thing I do when checking leaf shutter lenses such as the RB series, is examine the…
Hasselblad 80mm CF Lens: Sticking Shutter, Broken Cocking Shaft
Hasselblad 80mm f/2.8 CF Lens Repair. This lens came into the shop with multiple issues: focus ring goes through infinity by quite a bit, shutter sticking…
Mamiya 2000DTL: One of the Rarest Mamiya Cameras
Rarest Mamiya camera of all time? Well, almost, with a production figure of 1,130 units (OK, the Prismat of 1960 had only 455 units produced).this 2000DTL…
Canon FX: Full Service and Prism Replacement
Canon FX repair service. This model, circa 1965, is not as common as the later FT series, uses the FL lenses and does not have through the lens metering…
Copal 3 Shutter: Cleaning and Adjusting Speeds by Swedging
Copal 3 shutter repair. This Copal needed typical cleaning and lubrication. Also, some of the shutter speeds were not within specs. For leaf shutters such…
Mamiya 80mm f/2.8 S C Lens: Swapping a Shutter Missing Parts
A Mamiya TLR 80mm f/2.8 S lens came into the shop for routine cleaning. On opening the shutter I discovered that someone had "borrowed" several parts from…