thank you so so much for filming and uploading all these videos! incredibly valuable information for people like me trying to fix their camera. Thanks a lot!
Chris, I just want to say thank you very much for all of these videos but especially for this set. I just received a Zeiss Ikonta with a Compur-Rapid shutter that was not working about a week ago and this set of videos was very valuable to me! Thank you again sir! Mine is all good now.
I find it fascinating that these shutters were made in a time that there were no computers or CAD design or anything. They work like a fine watch. Its amazing.
Six minutes in and already I’m at the point of thinking… “I’ll never get this back together again” and all the bits would be scooped up and dropped into a cardboard box or biscuit tin and shoved in a drawer for ten years.
I had a Retinette with a Compur Rapid shutter similar to this one. The aperture blades would not open all the way at all and I could figure out why until I took a look at the case. It was cracked and bent to the point where the control ring couldn't move all the way around. I took a flat punch and started tapping on it in certain places until it was flat'ish again. I'm surprised to this day that it worked perfectly. Usually a cracked case means death for the shutter.
hello, i am wondering if compur shutters are all ‚similar‘. I just bought a plaubel makina iiir and would like to service it myself whenever it needs servicing. Because it has a compur rapid shutter, i was thinking of finding some old broken cameras with compur rapid shutters and practice with them.. Is that a good idea, or do i actually need a specific type of shutter(or the actual makina shutter)?
thank you so so much for filming and uploading all these videos! incredibly valuable information for people like me trying to fix their camera. Thanks a lot!
How could anyone give this a thumbs down ?? These are great videos. Thank you.
Thanks for the vid. My rolleicord 2c 1939 9000 build will be fine again. Despite the slight haze and 3 air bubbels in the taking lens. Fun!
A brilliant video, after watching several of these I was pleasantly surprised to see the reassembly process as well, so thanks !
Chris, I just want to say thank you very much for all of these videos but especially for this set. I just received a Zeiss Ikonta with a Compur-Rapid shutter that was not working about a week ago and this set of videos was very valuable to me! Thank you again sir! Mine is all good now.
I find it fascinating that these shutters were made in a time that there were no computers or CAD design or anything. They work like a fine watch. Its amazing.
Very useful, thanks for taking the time to thoroughly explain every passage!
Amazing videos. Thank you
Six minutes in and already I’m at the point of thinking… “I’ll never get this back together again” and all the bits would be scooped up and dropped into a cardboard box or biscuit tin and shoved in a drawer for ten years.
I had a Retinette with a Compur Rapid shutter similar to this one. The aperture blades would not open all the way at all and I could figure out why until I took a look at the case. It was cracked and bent to the point where the control ring couldn't move all the way around. I took a flat punch and started tapping on it in certain places until it was flat'ish again. I'm surprised to this day that it worked perfectly. Usually a cracked case means death for the shutter.
Chris...you mean by capillary action NOT 'osmosis' 😁
hello, i am wondering if compur shutters are all ‚similar‘. I just bought a plaubel makina iiir and would like to service it myself whenever it needs servicing. Because it has a compur rapid shutter, i was thinking of finding some old broken cameras with compur rapid shutters and practice with them.. Is that a good idea, or do i actually need a specific type of shutter(or the actual makina shutter)?
Hey Chris - have you ever repaired a stuck shutter on an Agfa Isolette I with the Vario set?
How do you do it ?. Its like watch repair.
Hello Chris, Are you still doing repair work?