Hi all,
Just posted this in the medium-format forum but may be more applicable here (i.e. apologies for the double post). I recently came into a Hasselblad 500 c/m and discovered the auxiliary shutter return spring (the coiled tape measurer looking springs that actuates the rear barn door shutter) was toast. Finding that these are no longer available I am in the process of potentially getting a stock of them made, though it is proving quite difficult.
This got me thinking about whether others have had a hard time finding this particular spring and if there are other springs in a Hassy, or any other vintage camera, that are often broken but do not have readily available replacements.
My questions are:
1. If I am able to get some of the Hasselblad springs made, are there people on here who would benefit from having one (or a few) extras?
2. What are some other commonly broken internal springs with no replacements?
Just posted this in the medium-format forum but may be more applicable here (i.e. apologies for the double post). I recently came into a Hasselblad 500 c/m and discovered the auxiliary shutter return spring (the coiled tape measurer looking springs that actuates the rear barn door shutter) was toast. Finding that these are no longer available I am in the process of potentially getting a stock of them made, though it is proving quite difficult.
This got me thinking about whether others have had a hard time finding this particular spring and if there are other springs in a Hassy, or any other vintage camera, that are often broken but do not have readily available replacements.
My questions are:
1. If I am able to get some of the Hasselblad springs made, are there people on here who would benefit from having one (or a few) extras?
2. What are some other commonly broken internal springs with no replacements?