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Subject: [Leica] Rolleiflex questions
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 08:01:40 +0100
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Douglas, Ferdi Stutterheim has about all bases covered when it comes to
most things Rollei:

https://rolleigraphy.org/servicerepairs.php

Youtube ... don't go there. :-)


On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:48 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> That's great, folks. Thanks to Paul, Mark, Nathan, Daniel and Philippe
> for saving me a lot of hassle and querying on work quality reputations.
> The good Irish camera guy who used to be snowballed with work over here,
> has hung up his tiny screwdrivers forever and closed down. Of the 40 odd
> people in my camera club, only one uses film, and he's a large format
> guy. No one seems to know anyone capable here.
>
> I'll dig out my Planar which also has a slow shutter, and probably more
> issues, as I haven't touched it since 2014 when we moved. I'll send them
> off to one of the EU guys where I can at least avoid customs and better
> include my Voigtlander Perkeo ll. Of course with Youtube, I could do a
> CLA in a shade over 5 mins... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znvr7_b_PPg
>
> :-)
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/03/2021 08:03, Philippe via LUG wrote:
> > Just in case; this guy 20 km from my home, repairs and maintains cameras.
> >
> > I?ve bought from and sold stuff to him.
> > My latest CLAs, even on digital were done there.
> >
> > I DK if he speaks any English, but I could act as a go-between if needed.
> >
> > Note that he?s selling SH Rollei stuff, which he logically should be
> able to CLA and/or repair.
> >
> >
> https://www.spipphoto.com/index.php/materiel-d-occasion?view=category&id=96
> >
> >
> >
> > Amities
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> >
> >
> >> Le 11 mars 2021 ? 02:00, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit :
> >>
> >> I know there are people with Rolleiflexes on this list, so apologies as
> I commit heresy here.
> >>
> >> I have three - a Planar 2.8 (up in the attic so inaccessible just now),
> a T s/n 2,117,7## from July 1959, an Automat s/n 1,251,9xx from Dec '51 to
> Jan '52 - so decided to run run their shutters through the speeds and
> noticed the T seems slow at the higher speeds. Any ideas where I can find
> the most accurate way of checking the speeds for discrepancies? It probably
> needs a CLA, but that's a hunt for another day.
> >>
> >> I also noticed that the T based on the serial number range on the
> Rolleiclub page is supposed to be in grey leather, but mine is black. I
> presume their list isn't gospel? On the Automat which works fine, its black
> leather has small brown scuff marks, so I suppose shoe polish will do the
> trick there, or is there a better remedy?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Douglas
> >>
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