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David Price
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 09:39 pm: | 
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I have a Certo6 6x6 with a zeiss lens and an shutter that shows a top speed of 1/500. But it won't actually go to 1/500. When I try to move the indicator to 1/500 it stops at 1/250. I'm wondering if there is a "trick" that I don't know that will allow it to move to the higher speed.
Also, the shutter won't release using a cable release. The shutter release linkage will move but stops just short of releasing. Everyting else works fine and it makes great pictures. Anybody else had these problems? |
Wim Abbeloos
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 12:35 am: |
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http://www.certo6.com/cam/certo6.html
No mention of it here. Have never had one in my hands so I can't help much more... |
ezio
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 05:19 am: |
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Is that a Compur shutter? In some versions of the Compur used in German cameras at the time, the 1/500 speed had an extra spring and required significant additional extra force to be set. Note that in these cameras there ALWAYS was a warning that should NEVER try to set the 1/500 speed with the shutter cocked... or was it the other way round? |
Mike Kovacs
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 05:44 am: |
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Don't try to set 1/500 unless the shutter IS UNCOCKED.
That is a nice camera. |
Winfried
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 12:29 am: |
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Even when the shutter is uncocked you will need some extra force to turn the dial to 1/500 on the rim-set Compur shutters. NEVER do this with a cocked shutter. Also, never set the shutter between markings. I have seen camera manuals which say that this is possible but from my experience with the Compur shutter design this will yield random results at best. |
