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I just tried tightening the spring on the front curtain and the mirror lift. It didn't work. 1/30 PARAMETER Sensor2 Sensor1 Shutter Speed milliS 26.8 23.8 Shutter Speed Seconds 0.027 0.024 Shutter Speed Fraction 1/37...

I'll add a few words about the mechanism itself. I disassembled it and cleaned out the old grease. I added just a little new grease, as too much grease also slows down the mechanism. The curtain rods are original, taken from donor cameras.

That's right. The long tube controls the second curtain, and the short one, without the bushings that fit on it, controls the first. I found the repair manual on the website and there is also a spare parts catalog there. http://www.zenitcamera.com/mans/zenit-e/zenit-e-repair.html

Hi. I recently built version 2 on Arduino. You can do without the display.

Hi. I found the Zenit factory manual. It says to tighten the spring of the first curtain (small sleeve) by 6 turns, the second (large sleeve) by 4 turns. That was the starting point. But in that case, the second curtain was sped up too much. And the first remained slow. At 1/500, I was getting...

Hi everyone. I spent the entire weekend testing and tweaking my camera. I can't get it to work the way I want. The first curtain is always slower than the second. As I understand from this thread. Below are my results. They're far from ideal, but they're the best I could get. If I continue to...

It took me about a month to learn how to glue and align the curtains. I studied the focal plane shutter from YouTube videos. Once I figured out how the shutter works, the curtains stuck pretty quickly. The mirror drive was more of a problem. It kept catching on the curtain's thread drum and...

Hi Niglyn! I got my dad's Zenit-E film camera. I replaced the shutter curtains and curtain wires. It's mechanically sound. I'm looking for a way to adjust the shutter speed. I came across your project on GitHub and built myself a tester out of Lego. I downloaded the firmware, but it's asking for...