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Qaeng
Tinkerer
Username: Qaeng
Post Number: 11
Registered: 04-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 10:08 am: | 
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Lots of posts regarding Electro 35 shutters, and a few on Electro X, but I couldn't find an exact match with my problem. Newly purchased off eBay, and seems to be in excellent shape...but
In shooting my first few rolls, it seems that any time the temperature drops into the 50s or below the mirror flips up, but the shutter doesn't fire right away. When it does, the shutter speed seems OK. (I can coax it along, for no apparent reason, by activating/ de-activating the mirror lock-up lever, if I can hold it on-frame that long without the use of the viewer.)
I'm wondering if the problem is electrical or mechanical. The battery checks OK, and the problem repeats itself with a new battery right out of the package. I have opened up a lot of older cameras, but never attempted a shutter clean/lube.
Anybody know a solution that doesn't require a certified camera tech? |
Qaeng
Tinkerer
Username: Qaeng
Post Number: 13
Registered: 04-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 02:19 pm: |
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Having completed a little investigative work, it seems that the stop-down lever in the mirror box isn't exerting enough pressure to push the aperture pin on the lense far enough to complete a shutter cycle. The aperture blades on two lenses I've tried so far snap fine, and the problem persists regardless of which one I use during cold weather conditions. Oddly, with no lense mounted, the camera can complete the shutter cycle on its own even in the cold.
Is there something in the lever mechanism/ linkage that I could clean or lube to loosen things up a bit? Thanks to any responders. |
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