Swapping LF lens

[BradS]

If he wasn't curmugeounly I wouldn't trust him. I'll check out both places this weekend (or at least the Oakland place if it's open. Thanks for the info.

tim in san jose

Forgot to mention, the guys in Oakland speak precious little english and the lady at the counter won't understand that you want a CLA...she'll keep asking what's wrong with shutter. Remove the lens elements from the shutter or, you may end up with some really clean glass and the same shutter.

As an anectdote, When these guys used to have a shop in Santa Clara (Sunyvale?), I took an old Syncho Compur in for a CLA. The guy at the counter was running through the shutter speeds, repeatedly cocking the shutter and firing it. A technician was seated at a work bench with his back to us across the room. He looked up from his work and said something like..."that old Compur needs....". Neither of us had mentioned that it was a copur shutter. This guy knew from listening to it fire...They charged me $65 and had it back to me in a week. ever time I've brought something in for them, it's $65 and one week.

[k_jupiter]

Forgot to mention, the guys in Oakland speak precious little english and the lady at the counter won't understand that you want a CLA...she'll keep asking what's wrong with shutter. Remove the lens elements from the shutter or, you may end up with some really clean glass and the same shutter.

As an anectdote, When these guys used to have a shop in Santa Clara (Sunyvale?), I took an old Syncho Compur in for a CLA. The guy at the counter was running through the shutter speeds, repeatedly cocking the shutter and firing it. A technician was seated at a work bench with his back to us across the room. He looked up from his work and said something like..."that old Compur needs....". Neither of us had mentioned that it was a copur shutter. This guy knew from listening to it fire...They charged me $65 and had it back to me in a week. ever time I've brought something in for them, it's $65 and one week.

Too bad they don't have the shop in Sunnyvale. I would drop it off on a coffee break. I understand the guy picking out a shutter from just the sound. If I listened to shutters 52 weeks a year, I would probably know them just by the slow timer escapement noise. Think about it, the Acme (base tones) doesn't sound like the Seiko on my Fuji 150 (businesslike), none of them sound like a Rapax (very tinny).

The lensotomy went well. I wonder who carries those small screws on the front of the shutter? While these hold the faceplate on, it seems a previous owner might have gotten sloppy with a screwdriver.

tim in san jose