Please share with the rest of the community!Could you please send pictures of the little pieces of foam to me
and to Dave Feely at Key Camera [keycamera@yahoo.com]. Dave
has added some foam, but maybe not enough.
Thanks so much !!
Best --
Serge
OK. Maybe I can help. How long ago did you correspond with the factory? I'm curious if they are even still in business. I can tell you a couple of stories about the incompetence and how misleading the factory has been in my experience. I know Dave, he has worked on my Hy6 gear a number of times. Mainly he has no support from the factory--they rarely have any parts, they won't send him a service manual.
But back to your film back. I experienced light leaks and transport issues with a brand new one from Eric at Rolleiflex USA. It went back to Germany under warranty, the issues were not completely fixed. Do you have any examples of your light leak? if it is not the same as what I had, I would be willing to send mine to Dave for a comparison. Here is what the light leaks from my back looked like:
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The leaks were fixed by the folks in Germany, but the back is still suspect--I get unexplained spacing issues with some of the inserts, which have been to the factory, too. Sometimes I wonder if I should just give up and go back to the 6008i.
Feel free to contact my by PM if you'd prefer.
P.S. is Eric still in business as Rolleifex USA?
I hope the parts go to someone who can make them available.
Spoke w/ Dave today .. he has received your package ... he is focused on getting things together for a photo swap meet this weekend, but will put all three of our backs on the front burner later next week. Sorry to see DW Photo go under, but am not surprised as they stopped responding six or so months ago. Do you have a photo of where you put the tape on your 6060 in order to stop/mitigate the light leaks ? Would help Dave's searching for root cause of your (and maybe my) light leaks.
Best --
Serge
PS FWIW, I scan with a Nikon Coolscan 9000 & have found a fellow who can service the Coolscans here in Maryland. Also, for the very occasional super
best scan, I send the original off to Nancy Scans in New York (she & her husband, John, have a Heidelberg Tango, and know how to get the most out of it.
I hope the parts go to someone who can make them available.
Rolf Daus retiring and Paepke doing repairs can only be good. If I was German I 100% would have pursued legal action against DW for their warranty and repair fraud.Not surprising. Rolf Daus retired and was probably the last person using the factory for repairs… when he managed to get spare parts. Paepke now also repairs AF/AFD lenses and Hy6, which they did not do before Rolf’s retirement. It is quite sad that no new Hy6 will ever be produced, improved, etc.
Not unless they acquired all the parts inventory from DW Photo.Not surprising given how fraudulently they operated. Still annoyed about by broken hy6 after all these years.
Rolf Daus retiring and Paepke doing repairs can only be good. If I was German I 100% would have pursued legal action against DW for their warranty and repair fraud.
I’m glad I checked back on this thread after a few years - maybe Paepke can finally repair my hy6
At Paepke, Mr. Kopilevich now manages the repairs of traditional Rolleis at the usual Düsseldorf address, and Mr. Paepke does the repairs of newer hardware (Hy6 and such) at Feinwerktechnik Paepke in Ratingen.(not giving emails or phone numbers on the forum, I don't want to see them spammed)Not surprising given how fraudulently they operated. Still annoyed about by broken hy6 after all these years.
Rolf Daus retiring and Paepke doing repairs can only be good. If I was German I 100% would have pursued legal action against DW for their warranty and repair fraud.
I’m glad I checked back on this thread after a few years - maybe Paepke can finally repair my hy6
FWIW, my 50 AFD, bought used, did not work at first. A freshly-charged camera battery cleared that up, leading me to believe it had not been used in a while and was a bit gummed up. It has since worked well, although I don't use it as much as I like the 40mm Schneider better, even if it isn't AF. AF is less important for me with a wide angle lens. I wonder how the 180 2.8 AFD fares? I don't have one, but do have the manual version and don't really use it much as it is quite large and heavy.At Paepke, Mr. Kopilevich now manages the repairs of traditional Rolleis at the usual Düsseldorf address, and Mr. Paepke does the repairs of newer hardware (Hy6 and such) at Feinwerktechnik Paepke in Ratingen.(not giving emails or phone numbers on the forum, I don't want to see them spammed)
Paepke - Fototechnik
Rather Broich 57
40472 Düsseldorf
Feinwerktechnik D. Paepke
Schützenstraße 97a
40878 Ratingen
Nevertheless, I am not as optimistic as you are regarding this change. I have the impression that Hy6, as much as it is a wonderful system for usability, was not designed or manufactured as carefully as previous products - especially the AFD lenses. I have an AFD 150. Superb lens in terms of picture, I really love the rendition for portraits... but the auto-focus has been giving me troubles. At close focus distances, it gets stuck, and even turning the barrel becomes hard. I sent it to DW, Rolf "repaired" it.. I received it, just tested it for one test picture, and did not use it for maybe 18 months, stored in my cabinet. Then when I take it again, same focus problems. This time I sent it to Paepke Feinwerktechnik (PFW). First thing I hear is that "I did not treat the lens well", very weird for a lens that may have a few scuff marks from rubbing against other lenses when carrying it in a backpack but has otherwise not seen much use and been carefully stored when not in use. Then they also "repaired it"... but the problems with AF and hard manual focus persist after I received it (with a hefty bill and a note that "if it has other problems, they do not want to work on it again"). Now, my 50 AFD (that I also had not used for some time, as the 40/3.5 is smaller for traveling - maybe long storage is what kills the focus system in these lenses) is having the same kinds of problems, and I do not want to send it to PFW to get the same results or the same unfriendly comments... I had a very good opinion of Paepke in the past, and Mr. Kopilevich did a good job on my 3003 (not fully perfect but good enough), but now that I've been bitten once by PFW, I'll be twice shy for using them again...
As for PFW / Paepke getting all the parts inventory from DW Photo, that may have happened, but given that DW Photo struggled to get parts to make repairs, this inventory certainly was not very large,..
Before I got more lenses, 50-80-180 AF were my favorites and only ones (with 6008AF). All three could fit into a regular-sized photo backpack (LowePro flipside 300), with the camera, a few films, 2 film magazines, and batteries. I really loved the 50 (that was hard to find a few years after AFD got released, I'd say ~2012) at that time. Having a few more lenses (the 40, the 110) and getting the Hy6 pushed me to leave the 50 (large front lens took too much space) and 180 (does not easily fit into the thickness of the backpack, takes too much space too) at home, keep the 110 for portraits (amazing 3D effect, the background completely detaches from the foreground), the 40 for land./city-scapes (slightly wider angle, much smaller), the 80 AFD when AF was needed. I guess a bit of the same story as you. Taking the 60-140, in good light, somehow feels easier than taking the 3 prime AF/AFD lenses, although one cannot carry it for too long without a good membership at the local gym...FWIW, my 50 AFD, bought used, did not work at first. A freshly-charged camera battery cleared that up, leading me to believe it had not been used in a while and was a bit gummed up. It has since worked well, although I don't use it as much as I like the 40mm Schneider better, even if it isn't AF. AF is less important for me with a wide angle lens. I wonder how the 180 2.8 AFD fares? I don't have one, but do have the manual version and don't really use it much as it is quite large and heavy.
Before I got more lenses, 50-80-180 AF were my favorites and only ones (with 6008AF). All three could fit into a regular-sized photo backpack (LowePro flipside 300), with the camera, a few films, 2 film magazines, and batteries. I really loved the 50 (that was hard to find a few years after AFD got released, I'd say ~2012) at that time. Having a few more lenses (the 40, the 110) and getting the Hy6 pushed me to leave the 50 (large front lens took too much space) and 180 (does not easily fit into the thickness of the backpack, takes too much space too) at home, keep the 110 for portraits (amazing 3D effect, the background completely detaches from the foreground), the 40 for land./city-scapes (slightly wider angle, much smaller), the 80 AFD when AF was needed. I guess a bit of the same story as you. Taking the 60-140, in good light, somehow feels easier than taking the 3 prime AF/AFD lenses, although one cannot carry it for too long without a good membership at the local gym...
I will retry the 150 and 50 with freshly-charged batteries, thanks for the tip. Batteries are another problem of the Hy6, 2 of mines have died (Sinar-branded) and I would not know where in Europe to get acceptable replacements that fit both the Hy6 and the Sinar backs. Now that Sinar belongs to Leica, the customer service is managed by one guy in Germany who does not even want to know about the old Sinar backs... "it's not us, good bye".
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