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This looks like shutter bounce. Yes it can be repaired.

Today I compared my Salyut with my friend's mint Hassy 500C/M. I've always said that the 500C series have rather strong camera vibrations. While the Salyut-S (and Kiev 88) had pretty low vibrations (that's why I felt compelled to buy one). Well, both my friend and I did the comparison and...

I don't have sheets of flocking material because I usually service cameras that don't require additional flocking... As for painting diaphragms, so far the methods i've found for chemical blackening are not easy. Painting would produce paint dust, yes, this is a minor problem (dust is of no...

That would be the wisest move. Very good camera techs are real hard to find.

It is... It also has a massively better MTF curve and a more linear scale.

Try sourcing the CdS cells from a Spotmatic F or K1000.

Update. So my own, my very own Salyut-S ("Salyut-C") arrived, and i've spent the past days doing some checks on it. Of course I bought one where the seller assured all speeds worked fine, also it looked great cosmetically. Checked for correct focusing at film plane - correct, amazingly...

You can't buy with PayPal? I'm in south america and buy from everywhere with Paypal.

I have read many times that the great Robert Capa used mostly a Contax pre-war rangefinder for most of his work including the famous Normandy landings. Some cameras were intended from the get go for military use, like the Kodak Medalist and Kodak Signet 35.

It's horrible that we can still find any war acceptable. The world should evolve.

OMG I had exactly the same model. Identical, same lens and everything. And mint. Now you've made me regret selling it.

Xtol is, as far as i know, the most advanced developer so far. That is, it was a product of relatively recent R&D, while most developers we use have been around for more than 70 years...

I seriously doubt the developer itself would have a big impact on tonality. If you see strong differences in "tonality" what you're looking at is increased (or decreased) contrast, and this will depend on time and temperature (plus agitation), not really on the developer itself. Of course some...

Hmmmm For the auto shutter to work ok, many things need to be right, i.e. the timing switches/memory switch needs to be clean, memory capacitor OK (i think it's inside a sealed compartment on the ESII). Have you checked all switches to be clean and checked their adjustment (i think the manual...

Yes but X-sync won't work. It will close (fire) when the 1st curtain is opened. Then the 2nd curtain will immediately start closing, thus the time the film gate is fully open is very brief, it could even be close to zero. The 1/25 or 1/30 shutter speed (sync speed) factors in the time it took...

Obstinating on finding lens defect on lenses that in fact are fine, will definitely reduce your IQ until you will never be able to enter Mensa.

A sensible, unpretentious man.

Exactly. Don't unscrew that retainer, it might make things worse.

Try pouring, at the edge, drops of, in order: 1. naptha then try removing 2. . acetone (wait until it makes effect) try 3. a minute amount of oil try If nothing works you'll have to drill holes for a spanner...