[rollei_list] Re: Rollei SL66 and other cameras and lenses CLA
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:54:26 -0200
Hi Jan:
I really have another few options, but these people always
did a good job for my equipment and I prefer to wait for the SL66 and
its lens. Sometimes they don't have spare parts for some models and it
was the main reason I sent the 3.5F to Harry Fleenor in California,
the Contax II to Eddy Somolov in NYC and the VSL3-E to FFS in
Braunschweig, they did an excellent work BTW.
You are right about the SL66 pro use, in fact I bought mine from a
photographic pro study, however the problem for my camera seems to be
a CLA issue only, the focal plane shutter and the mirror (I think)
have some problem to work together sometimes, causing exposure banding
on the neg or no film exposure for some frames, in the other hand
other frames are exposed perfectly. The Distagon 4/80 lens is very
clean, but my version is provided with a secondary central Compur
shutter that I never use (it's useful for fill-in flash)and this
shutter needed a CLA too.
Carlos
2014/1/2 Jan Decher <jdecher@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi Carlos et al.,
> Happy New Year to All.
>
> Carlos, sorry to read that you are having so much trouble with your classic
> gear complicated by only one repair option for the SL66 in Argentina. It
> seems most SL66 got worked very hard during their lifetime. Most original
> SL66 bodies on EBAY show heavy signs of wear on the chrome and the leather
> is peeling in places.
>
> I have actually never seen one offered with original packaging in "perfect"
> condition. It seems most SL66 went to professional photographers or
> scientists who worked them pretty hard and did not bother to keep the
> original packaging. This is different with the later SL66 SE which seems to
> sometimes have been bought as a prestige object.
>
> My last (original) SL66 obtained from a private seller through
> recommendation of a list member was pretty nice, but now it seems harder to
> find another good one. Lens hood and (n)ever-ready case are lying around
> here.
>
> A Retina IIIc I received (for free!) from the US is pretty beaten up
> exteriorly and selenium meter and the Synchro Compur shutter need servicing.
> It probably needs new leather too. However, the Rodenstock 2.0/50mm Heligon
> lens looks perfect and I would love to see how it performs. Synchro Compur
> shutters seems very sensitive to "un-use". Never seen a perfect one in a
> Contaflex either.
> Jan
>
>
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