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Hoagie · Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Location: West Virginia

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 Location: So Cal

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

Stephen

Hoagie · Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Location: West Virginia

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: 2146 Location: New Jersey

troublemaker · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal

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 Location: New Jersey

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.