I have 4 Contax RFs and 4 Kievs. a few months ago, 3 of the 4 Soviets died within a week, all of the same disease -- failure to cap the second curtain. The 3 included some very recent purchases. The Deutschers seem immune. PJ nebergall On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:42:06 -0400 Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx> writes: > > On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at 05:39PM, Nick Roberts > <nickbroberts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I've two Kiev 15's, because I love the 20mm lens. While the shutter > seems reliable though of an unusual design, the film transport on > both has gone wonky. > My 2c. > Larry Cuffe. > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list