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Jeffrey L. davis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 05:27 am: | 
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Are the shutters used in Topcon Unirex,Uni,and Auto100 repairable or serviceable ?
I bought a copy of a Topcon manual but it does not discuss repair of the shutter only replacement. I have several of these cameras and would like to get 1 or 2 of them in good working order. How would I CLA one of these shutters ?
and get the speeds right?
Thank You
J |
Jon Goodman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 08:42 pm: |
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Hi, Jeffrey. Yes, they are serviceable. However, working on these cameras is difficult and very frustrating. There are linkage issues and other things which make this very much a camera that a "do-it-yourselfer" will find very challenging. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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Mike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 09:12 pm: |
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Yes, Jon is right.
Just about every leaf shutter 35mm SLR is a challenge. But that is what life is all about. The Topcon lenses are good. I think there was a Camera Craftsman article on the Auto 100 many years ago which was fairly comprehensive. I may still have it around here. If you are still interested after all of this news, let me know and I will dig around and see if I still have it.
Mike |
Jeffrey L. Davis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 05:56 pm: |
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Yes I'm still interested I have several of these kind of neat cameras and would like to use a couple of them and the great lenses I have for them, what do I have to lose ? From what you say my thinking is that to get a professional to do a complete CLA on the ones that work is going to cost me about $100.00 ? and more if there is a real problem.
I would be glad to pay you to copy the article and mail it. If nothing else it may help the pro I have repair some stuff. I had a great Guy Larry Hixon who was great with these sorts of cameras but he died before I ever got into the UV Topcons,he repaired Kodak retina, Kowa.... just about anything, He worked for a very large nation wide used photo equipment dealer and knew just about every camera ever made.
what oil do you guys recomend for the spindles of shutters ? Obviously not 3 in one
Thanks for your response |
Winfried
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 09:30 am: |
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If you feel that you have to lubricate a shutter (none of the repair manuals I know recommends to use oil on the gears) then you should use gun oil. The Nyoil sold by micro-tools is just plain gun oil. |
Dorian
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 07:34 pm: |
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In my experience the Topcon UV lenses are not that good. I have every lens they made: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 100mm, 135mm, 200mm. I'm not sure where you get your knowledge that they are 'great', but I've used mine and they are not in the same class as for example the Pentax Takumars or Minolta Rokkors. The Topcon Unirex is a neat camera though. |
