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Rob
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 10:47 pm: | 
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I just picked up a Zenit 12XP, and the shutter is kaput. The camera was dropped. There is a ding on the prism, but the lens is ok. I was told the camera took great pics, but it was left in a basement where his kids may have gotten to it. The shutter curtain is totalled. Are the shutters interchangeable on different Zenit models? Also, how would I go about changing the shutter curtain? |
P Laskey
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 07:54 am: |
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It would probably be easier and cheaper to get another camera off ebay in this case. However I believe Zenits always used the same shutter mechanism.
PL |
Naresh
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 12:01 pm: |
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go to okvintagecamera.com, and Tom Tiger's site. Also Rick Oleson and one more site which actually had the materials to use and so on for a different make. Shutter curtains are relatively easy, I would recommend a full CLA. Try and join the Zenit Camera Group on Yahoo, it's quite good. |
Rob
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:03 pm: |
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Naresh, I think I may go the route that P Laskey has suggested... In the meantime, I took the flash mount off for a home made flash/camera/umbrella bracket, and I sold the battery cover to a fellow in Northern Ireland. Thanks anyway.
P.S. The all in one bracket is wonderful, and it's good for quick conversion if the rain starts. |
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