Camera Talk

Going to need some perseverance to make that swap. Good luck!

PF

The problem I've found with sourcing parts from other shutters is that even if the make and model of the shutters are the same, whomever designed the camera will introduce differences in the way they work depending on the construction of the camera they are mounted on. A medium format folder with a ...

I don't have any photos from a similar teardown, but basically you just start taking off whatever is on top and work your way down. I'd start with that screw on the post holding the drive lever in place, as that is the most likely place your loose spring came from. Sorry about being a bit short on d...

Yeah, you'll have to do a tear-down to see if part of it is still there on the post. Plus, it will help you to get the spring back in the proper position.

PF

That's a fine-looking camera now.

PF

Hey, good to see you found the problem. Sometimes it's just the simplest little thing that can aggravate the living daylights out of you until you look at it one more time.

PF

Some work I did on a Compur-Rapid shutter, similar to the regular Compur or Prontor shutters, but with a 1/500 top speed. https://flic.kr/s/aHsjPzdUKH

PF

Well, the camera went back together fine, everything working smoothly. Worked a ton of Bick 4 into the bellows, shined up the brightwork. Was running the shutter through its paces and the shutter started firing without being released. Hmm. Played with it some more and it was that the release wasn’t...

Is the Solinette II the same as the Regent? I had it in my head a Regent was analogous to the Solinette. Very nice collection! I believe they are equivalent, with a rebadge and a plaque that says made by AGFA, etc etc At least my Super-regent and my Super-Solinette are functionally identical with t...

Looking at the top, Paul, I'm going to assume that the four screws holding the name plate on serve no other purpose than that. The screws holding the accessory shoe might also hold the cover to the camera body, but I'm betting that the screws you'll need to access are under the focus and winding kno...