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I just bought a Retina iiic. I love them and it is beautiful. It was an online impulse buy. And it has some issues. Sticky Shutter -- blades appear oily. Shutter button locks up and advance lever does too. If I press the film release button then I can get advance the lever and get one or two shutter fires before the blades stick and do not close and it locks up again. If I hit the film release button again. And let the advance lever snap back a little hard the will blade snap closed and it goes 1 or 2 more times before the blades lock up again.
It came with the original manual and I read that it has something called a "transport lock" that does not allow the shutter button or advance lever to move when it engages. This is supposed to engage when the film counter gets to 1 to keep you from pulling the film out of the magazine/canister. This might be the issue and it is randomly triggering on its own.
I am hoping it just needs a good CLA -- taking the blades off etc. They do not appear bent. The lens looks great. The rangefinder relatively clear. For some reason the (not hot) shoe on top was removed along the way.
I am looking for recommendations for services that have experience with this camera.
One last note:
It came loaded with K 135-20 Kodachrome II slide film. Comparing the magazine/cannister to photos of online it appears to be late 1960s branding -- so it may not have been used since the late 1960s. And has sat dormant. I have no idea how it was stored. Unfortunately I may have flashed most of the film when inspecting the camera and THOUGHT I had rewound whatever film might be in the camera of there were any. I was wrong due to my inexperience with this camera. I will try to get some B&W negs from it but confidence is low. Bummer.
It came with the original manual and I read that it has something called a "transport lock" that does not allow the shutter button or advance lever to move when it engages. This is supposed to engage when the film counter gets to 1 to keep you from pulling the film out of the magazine/canister. This might be the issue and it is randomly triggering on its own.
I am hoping it just needs a good CLA -- taking the blades off etc. They do not appear bent. The lens looks great. The rangefinder relatively clear. For some reason the (not hot) shoe on top was removed along the way.
I am looking for recommendations for services that have experience with this camera.
One last note:
It came loaded with K 135-20 Kodachrome II slide film. Comparing the magazine/cannister to photos of online it appears to be late 1960s branding -- so it may not have been used since the late 1960s. And has sat dormant. I have no idea how it was stored. Unfortunately I may have flashed most of the film when inspecting the camera and THOUGHT I had rewound whatever film might be in the camera of there were any. I was wrong due to my inexperience with this camera. I will try to get some B&W negs from it but confidence is low. Bummer.
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