This is great, thank you! I *think* this is what is happening to my GSW690iii, every now and again I'll advance to a frame and the shutter won't fire and the film won't advance further, as if the shutter didn't get cocked. I've had to spool the film back in a changing bag to start over. I'm assuming the mechanism hasn't changed much between the versions, so I'll open it up and check this part.
I did the same to mine. The peg is in a bar that runs against the gears under the winder. My oil worked it way to that and it works much better. Theres also an anodized pendulum bar that is under that. Mine was moving slow and i put a spot of oil on the pivot from the front. Now it zips back. Be very careful that you don't loose the spring on the front of the ranger finder. Mine flew off into the ether and had to make a new one using .2 mm spring steel wire. I shaped it with jewelry pliers. It works great now.
That's awesome! And yes, I also have been there losing a random spring lol. I contacted probably about 5 repair shops around the country, and some of the shops could fix them, but there were no parts available if the camera needed it, and the repair times were insanely long. It's crazy how simple these are to spruce up if need be, cheers!
Thank you for the video, how easy is it to get the shutter serviced or repaired for this model these days? I'd really like to get one, but I am a bit worried about the long term CLA / repair support.
Out of all the places I contacted Advance Camera in Portland, OR and Nippon Photo Clinic in NYC still do CLA's on these. However, if parts are broken they don't have extras just FYI. I'm also concerned about the longevity of these cameras, but the negatives are so good!
My camera has a frame spacing issue with frames 6&7 and i only got five exposures out of each of my two test rolls. I'm waiting on a reply from my ebay seller.
This is great, thank you! I *think* this is what is happening to my GSW690iii, every now and again I'll advance to a frame and the shutter won't fire and the film won't advance further, as if the shutter didn't get cocked. I've had to spool the film back in a changing bag to start over. I'm assuming the mechanism hasn't changed much between the versions, so I'll open it up and check this part.
I'm fairly certain the mechanics haven't changed from version 1 to 3, I think mostly it was just cosmetics. Let me know how it goes!
I did the same to mine. The peg is in a bar that runs against the gears under the winder. My oil worked it way to that and it works much better. Theres also an anodized pendulum bar that is under that. Mine was moving slow and i put a spot of oil on the pivot from the front. Now it zips back. Be very careful that you don't loose the spring on the front of the ranger finder. Mine flew off into the ether and had to make a new one using .2 mm spring steel wire. I shaped it with jewelry pliers. It works great now.
That's awesome! And yes, I also have been there losing a random spring lol. I contacted probably about 5 repair shops around the country, and some of the shops could fix them, but there were no parts available if the camera needed it, and the repair times were insanely long. It's crazy how simple these are to spruce up if need be, cheers!
Thank you for the video, how easy is it to get the shutter serviced or repaired for this model these days? I'd really like to get one, but I am a bit worried about the long term CLA / repair support.
Out of all the places I contacted Advance Camera in Portland, OR and Nippon Photo Clinic in NYC still do CLA's on these. However, if parts are broken they don't have extras just FYI. I'm also concerned about the longevity of these cameras, but the negatives are so good!
My camera has a frame spacing issue with frames 6&7 and i only got five exposures out of each of my two test rolls. I'm waiting on a reply from my ebay seller.
That's what was happening to me as well. I'd get to 3 or 4 frames, then the camera would lock up and wouldn't budge.
@noahbooshu thank you, now I know I have a shot at fixing it