HELP PLEASE - STUCK SHUTTER

[tonyowen]

Help please stuck shutter
My synchro-compour shutter containing a xenar 135mm f4.7 lens will not cock. Examination show one of the iris leaves (??) visible and stuck open [see attached image]
1] Is there a simple solution, if so what?
2] Is there a recommended place in the UK where rhe lens could be cla'd
regards
Tony

 

[Ian Grant]

Newton & Ellis in Liverpool aren't far from you and have a good reputation, I use Black on White in Bristol. it needs a professional repair.

Ian

 

[tonyowen]

Thanks Ian
[please ignore same message of LFPF]
regards
Tony

 

[shutterfinger]

This is your shutter disassembled. Screws 109 have likely come loose allowing the shutter blade to fall out of position.

All the timing, cocking and release mechanisms have to come out first to get to this stage. This is not a shutter you want to start off learning shutter repair on. Collar 204, blade controller 202 and associated parts attach to plate 201 then blades 208 lay in marked sequence on the bottom pf plate 201 then plate 201 assembly sits into the main case, a PITA to assemble.

 

[BrianShaw]

That shutter isn't "stuck"; it's broken.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

My advice to you would be to take the money that the repair will cost and invest it into a modern lens, unless that lens is something special to you. You could do the repair yourself, but putting shutter blades and diaphragm blades back into shutters is no fun at all, and if you have never taken one apart before, you probably are going to end up with a box of parts instead of a working shutter.

 

[Ian Grant]

My advice to you would be to take the money that the repair will cost and invest it into a modern lens, /QUOTE]

The only problem with that is second-hand LF lenses are a lot more expensive here in the UK compared to the US so it's a case of luck finding one at a reasonable price or buying from the US but Customs have tightened up and there's a VAT, Customs duty compounding on the item & shipping cost plus a handling fee for delivery which can add 33%+ to an items selling price - but it can still be worth while.

I actually bought a Linhof Synchro Compur #0 yesterday £45 inc postage and it must have come from a Linhof select 105mm f3.5 Tessar, the rear cell is in the photo's and are too thin to be anything else.

If Tony were to buy another lens I'd suggest steering away from a 135mm Tessar/Xenar type lens as coverage is poor on 5x4 - I have the same 135mm f4.7 Xenar on a camera used for workshops.

Ian

 

[Pete O]

Don't know what country you're in but Newton and Ellis are good but so is Carol at Flutots.
Pete