What ho one and all,
At the start of my CLA learning experience and have bought some cheapies off eBay; Pentax S1a and a Zorkie 4.
They are sufficiently inexpensive that I will dismantle for the learning experience, but in both cases, have managed to get them working again with minimal effort. And much to my disappointment, I do not really know what I did to get the shutters working.
But the Zorkie 4, what a beast. Those Russians must have had leather fingers since winding the shutter, altering the shutter speed or activating the rewind release is really tough on my manicured 21st century sensitive fingers! I will dive inside and perhaps some cleaning and lubrication will make the shutter cocking easier. Must be almost impossible to wind/cock the shutter with a roll of film inside.
Just my initial observations.
At the start of my CLA learning experience and have bought some cheapies off eBay; Pentax S1a and a Zorkie 4.
They are sufficiently inexpensive that I will dismantle for the learning experience, but in both cases, have managed to get them working again with minimal effort. And much to my disappointment, I do not really know what I did to get the shutters working.
But the Zorkie 4, what a beast. Those Russians must have had leather fingers since winding the shutter, altering the shutter speed or activating the rewind release is really tough on my manicured 21st century sensitive fingers! I will dive inside and perhaps some cleaning and lubrication will make the shutter cocking easier. Must be almost impossible to wind/cock the shutter with a roll of film inside.
Just my initial observations.