Hi
I'm an amateur photographer, these days mainly using digital cameras (big fan of foveons) but gradually slipping back into collecting and occasionally using film gear. I tend to dabble in this or that, so I've ended up with quite a lot of clutter that sometimes has only been used once or twice. I like using legacy or other non-standard lenses on digital bodies (A7S, A7Rii, AFDii, EM5ii).
The reason I joined today is I bought a Dallmeyer Press camera a while ago, and found (heard) the mirror fall off after I fired the shutter a few times. Today I got it out again, and now the shutter is acting up as well, so the question is whether it can be repaired. Unfortunately I assumed that you probably set the shutter speed after cocking the shutter, but I now see it's the other way round - yes, I can sometimes be that annoying person who fiddles with stuff without knowing what he's doing. In my defence: it's not always clear that you need to know!
Anyhow, thanks for letting me join!
Joe
I'm an amateur photographer, these days mainly using digital cameras (big fan of foveons) but gradually slipping back into collecting and occasionally using film gear. I tend to dabble in this or that, so I've ended up with quite a lot of clutter that sometimes has only been used once or twice. I like using legacy or other non-standard lenses on digital bodies (A7S, A7Rii, AFDii, EM5ii).
The reason I joined today is I bought a Dallmeyer Press camera a while ago, and found (heard) the mirror fall off after I fired the shutter a few times. Today I got it out again, and now the shutter is acting up as well, so the question is whether it can be repaired. Unfortunately I assumed that you probably set the shutter speed after cocking the shutter, but I now see it's the other way round - yes, I can sometimes be that annoying person who fiddles with stuff without knowing what he's doing. In my defence: it's not always clear that you need to know!
Anyhow, thanks for letting me join!
Joe
