When you get a vintage camera, the first thing to do is put an inexpensive roll of film through it to see if there are any problems. A usual problem is the film backs leak light and put streaks of light through every image. "The shutter" didn't fail. There is no shutter in the camera body, there is a leaf shutter in each lens. When you get a vintage lens, set it to 1 sexond and see if it stays open about that long. Then set it for the fastest speed and see if it is really quick, here 1/400. If those 2 are ok, than the leaf shutter in the lens is probably ok. If there is internal grease that binds up the shutter, don't waste a roll of film to discover it, do this check. Generally, the camera body is reliable but you can get light leaks from the seals on the rotating back. Give it another try, the images will blow you away. I also changed the focusing screen to an Oleson bright screen with split prism focusing. It's a joy to look through the viewfinder now and nailing focus is easy.
Yeah, I didn’t look closely enough when I was checking out the camera at the store. That was a flaw on my end. I’m actually gonna talk more about it on the next video. Stay tuned!
When you get a vintage camera, the first thing to do is put an inexpensive roll of film through it to see if there are any problems. A usual problem is the film backs leak light and put streaks of light through every image. "The shutter" didn't fail. There is no shutter in the camera body, there is a leaf shutter in each lens. When you get a vintage lens, set it to 1 sexond and see if it stays open about that long. Then set it for the fastest speed and see if it is really quick, here 1/400. If those 2 are ok, than the leaf shutter in the lens is probably ok. If there is internal grease that binds up the shutter, don't waste a roll of film to discover it, do this check. Generally, the camera body is reliable but you can get light leaks from the seals on the rotating back. Give it another try, the images will blow you away. I also changed the focusing screen to an Oleson bright screen with split prism focusing. It's a joy to look through the viewfinder now and nailing focus is easy.
Yeah, I didn’t look closely enough when I was checking out the camera at the store. That was a flaw on my end. I’m actually gonna talk more about it on the next video. Stay tuned!
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