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Maajka
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Username: Maajka
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 06:41 pm: | 
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Hi,
I'm taking a photography class so I got myself a Rolleiflex SL35. Good old German engineering (made in sinapore) :-)
The camera is in great condition but it seems that it would need a CLA. I also noticed that the meter is off but I'm not sure how much, at least one stop.
Where could I get this done and how much should I expect to spend on it?
Also, is adjusting the meter something I could do myself, I do have some electro-technical knowledge and a broken SL35 for parts.
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Ethostech
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Username: Ethostech
Post Number: 116
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 10:02 pm: |
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Well Maajka .. "Good old German Engineering" usually means a long and complex route to achievement of s simplistic objective. Recognition of this fact was how the Japanese crippled the German camera industry. Their cameras usually have less than half the number of components - and work better and more reliably. Sad but true. You picked a real "dog" for your learning-curve and would find the cost of a professional servicing, economically unacceptable.
I suggest if the camera is working OK, forget the CLA. Use it and adjust the ASA to compensate for the metering error. |
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