[rollei_list] Re: bad news re: old rollei
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:58:12 -0700
Shannon,
Rather than throwing good money after bad, I might suggest that
you buy a long thin worm drive hose clamp and use it to clamp
the back to the body, Locate it between the lenses.
Jerry
Shannon Stoney wrote:
> I just got a call from Krikar (sp?) at Krimar Photo Shop, where he
> fixes old Rolleis. He says that my 1937 Rollei is not worth fixing,
> because there is a crack where the latch is, and the shutter is off
> and not fixable in his view. He says it would cost $300-400 to fix
> it, and I might as well buy another, better one that he has for that
> price.
>
> But I have already put several hundred dollars into this camera, and
> I don't want to give up on it entirely. I wonder if I could just tape
> the bottom where the latch is, in the same way that I tape up my
> Holga? The shutter might still be something of a problem, but at
> least I have more control with it than I do with the Holga.
>
> Sorry for the blasphemy of comparing a Rollei to a Holga, but in this
> case it seems like it's so broke that it's only slightly above the
> Holga in value. Still, I wonder if it might be useable? Maybe Mr.
> Krikar would not use it, but maybe it's good enough for me.
>
> --shannon
>
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