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james
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 09:37 am: | 
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Just got (auction) a Ciro-flex with Alphax shutter, which turns out to be 'busted.' Shutter is open, and shutter-release is just hanging loose (as though not connected to anything). Might this be a simple fix? Leatherette on face has been removed by previous owner, but the screws don't look like they've been removed.
How easy would it be to replace the shutter with a Rapax from another camera? [Apologies for mistakenly putting this query first into the 'swap' forum.] |
Mike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 10:41 am: |
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The Alphax is a good simple shutter. It is very easy to work on.
Here is some good repair info:
http://daniel.mitchell.name/cameras/ciroflex/ciroflex.html
The shutters are interchangeable and, except for the models A and F, so are the lenses. BTW the thin pieces of "leatherette" around the lenses are frequently missing, probably due to the dried out original glue. |
James
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 11:45 am: |
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Thank you, Mike, for the link to that great website. |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 01:35 pm: |
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I believe the front plate of the lens panel is different between the alphax and rapax shutters - cable release socket in a different location. so when you find a donor for the shutter, you might wnat to pull the panel too. doesn't really matter, i don't think, if you're not planning to use the cable release.....
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