[rollei_list] OT: shutter bounce in Zeiss Contax cameras?
- From: Jan Decher <jdecher@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:24:19 -0400
Hi Everyone (esp. Marc),
Has anyone ever heard of "shutter bounce" in Zeiss Contax cameras?
Supposedly it's "...a very rare phenomena. It is not detected by a shutter
speed tester because it happens at the end of the movement of the lower shutter
curtain. What happens is the lower curtain descends fully and then bounces
back up to meet the descending upper curtain prematurely. It can only be
diagnosed with film. Shutter curtain bounce is unique to the Contax shutter."
This is what my "restored" Contax IIIa developed after it came back from
repair with H. Scherer. Test roll had partially shaded and unexposed frames.
So it's going back under warranty. Needless to say I am less than pleased
given the $$$ repair.
Jan
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