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Hoagie
Joined: 02 Nov 2005
Posts: 11
PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:00 am

I was wondering where you all get your shutters serviced? And what is the average charge for this service? this is a great site that has helped me enormously starting out in LF/Graphic photography!!
troublemaker
Joined: 24 Nov 2003
Posts: 715
PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:06 am

what kind of shutter is it, and what is it doing that isn't working properly?

Stephen
Hoagie
Joined: 02 Nov 2005
Posts: 11
PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:49 am

It is a graphex shutter and the speeds are wrong. The second does not close and the other times don't seem correct, I figure it needs a good cleaning.
Dan Fromm
Joined: 14 May 2001
Posts: 2165
PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:52 am

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On 2005-11-26 17:49, Hoagie wrote:
It is a graphex shutter and the speeds are wrong. The second does not close and the other times don't seem correct, I figure it needs a good cleaning.
I've used two, http://www.skgrimes.com and http://www.flutotscamerarepair.com . Both give good service, these days Flutot's charges less.
troublemaker
Joined: 24 Nov 2003
Posts: 715
PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:10 am

You are correct. After a general clean up and reassembly the thing should run very good. these are nice shutters and tend to clean up and run better than the Kodak supers. They are also very simple little machines and not impossible to figure out if one is reasonably mechanical.
The problem seems to be that it costs more to have them serviced than they are worth.
I finally gave in and started doing them for myself and a couple friends. If by any chance you decide to do it yourself, I can offer a few pointers before you take the faceplate off...
Stephen
tchamber
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
Posts: 9
PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:43 pm

I'll second the Flutot's recommendation. Besides providing good service, prices are reasonable. For the price they charge, I would not bother to touch the thing myself.

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