[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex for sale
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:37:43 -0800
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From: "dbmills" <dbmills@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 4:33 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex for sale
Hi Harry.
You might recall that, 5-6 years ago, you overhauled a
non-metered 3.5F for me. It's still working beautifully
except for 1/500 having somehow lost the booster spring.
Not that this is any problem. I haven't had a need to use
1/500 and probably never will. It recently won me a few
competition awards and that's good enough for me.
But, I'm not writing about that camera. Some years ago I
gave my daughter a rather nice MX when she was taking a
photography class. She used it for awhile, then put it
away, and now she's thinking about using it again. That one
always did react poorly to lack of use and I suspect that I
should spring for an overhaul before she starts using it
again. Back in the dark ages I bought that one out of an
estate down in Florida and it looked as though it hadn't
been used in years. As I recall, it also appeared to have
been purchased in Germany, although I can't remember why I
thought that without looking at it. I haven't seen it for
years.
What are you currently charging for the overhaul of an
Automat MX? She would probably not need much more than a
standard overhaul. I could probably tell you more about it
when she gets it in her hands. She recently moved and it's
now in the process of being sent to her.
I hope that all is going well with you.
Don, it would be better to communicate with Harry
directly rather than on the list.
BTW, I wonder about the booster spring for the F. I am
not sure the late Compur shutters had them. My 2.8E does
not, just the main spring but its a quite different design
from the earlier models. I wonder what the symptoms are.
Note that in the shutters with boosters you can feel the
tension increase as you move the speed dial to 1/500th from
any slower speed. On the later type Compurs you can't feel
anything because all the tensioning is done when the shutter
is cocked. The later shutters can also be changed in speed
at will whether or not they are cocked. The earlier shutters
should be set before cocking. This is especially true of
1/500th because forcing the speed cam to that setting can
push the end of the booster spring under the cam jamming the
shutter. Also, the increased force on the speed ring
increases the wear on it. Its safe to move the speed dial
from 1/500th to a slower speed while its cocked if you must
but its not good to do it often.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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