This advice arises from people forcing the top speed. Tell people to
*never* change speeds when cocked, and they'll never change to 1/500 cocked.
"Then one day my shutter locked right up on me and needed full repair."
Shutters don't lock up because the speed cam profile is worn, which is
the only conceivable thing that changing the speeds after cocking might
effect (and its not soft steel). 99% of the time they lock up because
the pallet and star escapements get gummed up, or because oil or other
debris gets into the shutter blades.
Richard Sintchak wrote:
Well, as I mentioned Paul Ebel describes it as "best practice". Certainly it seems one can change the shutter after it's cocked and I did for a while on my TLR. Then one day my shutter locked right up on me and needed full repair. Was that the reason? Hard to tell. But I certainly feel more "strain" as I try to change the shutter speed if the shutter is cocked vs when it's not. I imagine one could get away with it for years.....and then one day.....
I still do it sometimes but try not to now. Richard S.
On 10/5/06, *Allen Zak* <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hm. Well, in that case I have been sinning against shutters for more than 50 years. Perhaps it will catch up to me one day, but meanwhile it has been a good run. ;-)
Allen Zak
On Oct 4, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Peter J Nebergall wrote:
> the mmanual for my Yashicamat 124G says NEVER change a cocked > shutter... > and 1 of my 2 automats (the older one) will not go into 500 cocked. > The > other one will. > > P.J.Nebergall > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:33:36 -0400 Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > writes: >> Does that hold true for EVS and subsequent Synchro Compur shutters? >> >> Allen Zak >> >> On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Richard Sintchak wrote: >> >>> Paul Ebel, a well-regarding Rolleiflex TLR service pro, tells me >> it's >>> best practice to not change the shutter speeds once the shutter is >> >>> cocked and set. >>> >>> Richard S. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/4/06, ERoustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Hello all, >>>> >>>> My 2.8C can only be put into or taken out of 1/500 speed when >> the >>>> shutter release trigger is at rest (between shutter releases). >> The >>>> self timer won't set in 1/500 either. My manual is in French - I >> was >>>> bad at French through nine years of school with the kindly nuns >> of >>>> Lourdes, and still am. C'est normal? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Elias >>>> --- >>>> Rollei List >>>> >>>> - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with >> 'subscribe' >>>> in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org <//www.freelists.org> >>>> >>>> - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with >>>> 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into >>>> www.freelists.org <//www.freelists.org> >>>> >>>> - Online, searchable archives are available at >>>> //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list <//www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list> >>>> >> > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org <//www.freelists.org> > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org <//www.freelists.org> > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list >
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