My Agfa Isolette has a stuck focus ring. Local old camera repair shop wouldn’t even bother to fix it - said it wasn’t worth it. Advised me to dribble some rubbing alcohol around the ring and see if it would loosen it up. It did, but still hard to turn. I tried again and now the shutter blades are gummed up and slow/stuck. Damn! Question: if i get the lens off, can the whole mechanism be soaked in solvent to clean out? I understand there would be no opportunity to put lubricant where it’s needed, but taking the mechanism apart is obviously beyond my skill/ tools. May jot be ideal, but perhaps more functional than it is currently?
Superb work again, Chris. Your level of skill and dexterity is exceptional. Do you have a background in professional camera repairs or did your skill come from doing this as a hobby?
I trained as a camera technician with Kodak in the early seventies, went onto doing a lot of completely different jobs in various industries, and came back to camera repair a couple of decades ago.
Brilliant!
My Agfa Isolette has a stuck focus ring. Local old camera repair shop wouldn’t even bother to fix it - said it wasn’t worth it. Advised me to dribble some rubbing alcohol around the ring and see if it would loosen it up. It did, but still hard to turn. I tried again and now the shutter blades are gummed up and slow/stuck. Damn!
Question: if i get the lens off, can the whole mechanism be soaked in solvent to clean out? I understand there would be no opportunity to put lubricant where it’s needed, but taking the mechanism apart is obviously beyond my skill/ tools. May jot be ideal, but perhaps more functional than it is currently?
No, never soak a shutter. It creates more problems than it solves, the contamination spreads evenly over everything.
@@ChrisSherlock thank you for the reply. No soaking!
Superb work again, Chris. Your level of skill and dexterity is exceptional. Do you have a background in professional camera repairs or did your skill come from doing this as a hobby?
I trained as a camera technician with Kodak in the early seventies, went onto doing a lot of completely different jobs in various industries, and came back to camera repair a couple of decades ago.