Can I Fix My Konica III....Or Am I Crazy?

[Helios 1984]

Helios,
Thanks for the pix and video. I'm studying it! BTW., the lens in your picture is not EXACTLY what I have, right? It's a similar lens? Again thanks to all for good tips. I"m scouting out a tool kit.

There are a few differences since mine come from a Topcon and yours from a Konica, but for all practical things, they're both Seikosha-MXL.
These leaf shutters were used by several camera manufacturers, not just for rangefinders but also with folders and some TLRs.

 

[shutterfinger]

Shutters underwent in production changes as well as minor variances from use in one camera make to another of the same vintage.
I use Stanley Jewelers screwdrivers https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-66-0...4721&sr=8-3&keywords=jewelers+screwdriver+set but a JIS set will likely be better for the Seiko shutter.
Dead Link Removed

 

[ReginaldSMith]

Got plenty of small screwdrivers from my watch repairing (minor repairs).. I need a quality spanner though. The one I bough a couple years ago was pure crap.

 

[shutterfinger]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Tips-Spa...155039?hash=item2855249e5f:g:-gcAAOSwux5YQiwT
Solid, works well.

 

[albada]

Whatever you do, first practice on a junker rangefinder such as a Petri 7/7S. Never make your first repair on a camera you care about.

Mark Overton