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Voigtlander VF135

Started by Bomobob, Dec 08, 2007, 10:00 PM

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Bomobob

Dec 08, 2007, 10:00 PM Last Edit: Sep 20, 2024, 01:24 AM by smf_adm
I just picked one of these up at a thrift store, and its main problem is a sticky shutter. 1/250 looks more like 1/15. The rewind/open shaft seems to be stuck in the up position as well, but I'm going to go in anyway and try and fix it myself. The t

Wernerjb

Dec 10, 2007, 05:01 PM #1 Last Edit: Sep 20, 2024, 01:24 AM by smf_adm
I have never really been inside a VF 135's lens/shutter. But it is constructed very much like the Konica C35, the Vivitar 35EE or the Mamiya 135 to name just a few of a complete buch of 35mm program shutter needle-trap metering compact cameras. For cl

Bomobob

Dec 10, 2007, 05:39 PM #2 Last Edit: Sep 20, 2024, 01:24 AM by smf_adm
Thanks.
 
I went inside yesterday, and I believe I may have repaired my first RF, albeit a simple one.
The shutter was very slow even at ISO400 and bright light (meter seems accurate, compared to a similar camera), and on bulb you could se