[LargeFormat] Compur 00 (was Crown Graphic Movements(or lack of) ?)
Brock Nanson
largeformat@f32.net
Mon Jan 13 06:54:22 2003
> BTW, you will need a locking cable release if your SA is
> in the older Compur No.00 shutter, it has no T setting, only
> B. Only very early SA's came in these shutters.
>
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> Richard Knoppow
This is exactly right. This is in fact the model I own.
You must have jinxed me Richard ;-) , because I was unpacking my gear (this
very afternoon!) to give it the once-over after returning from Australia
when I noticed some movement in the shutter assembly. The shutter speed
ring was flexing away from the shutter body at the bottom when the lens cell
was given a slight amount of pressure. The lens was kept on the Super
Graphic board with the cells attached, wrapped in bubble wrap and stored in
the middle of a Lowe Pro bag, so at first I thought this might be a natural
movement I hadn't noticed before. It wasn't. I removed the front cell and
tripped the shutter once and now one of the blades is loose... :-(
So, what do you guys think? Should I send this to Steve Grimes (any guess
what sort of cost??) for repairs or look for a new (used) shutter or simply
flog the whole thing on eBay with the problem identified? I have a friend
with a Fujinon f8 90mm that he's thinking he'd let go for $300 US or so...
The lack of a 'T' setting has always been a nuisance, but I've learned to
live with it. I've never had a reason to have misgivings about this lens
optically or mechanically until now. In spite of its age, I've never felt
the lack of multicoating was a problem.
Brock