mamiya sekor shutter on C33

(Mr Ed) wrote in message . com...
ok, the pin is swaged into the lower and much larger cam follower pin.
The big pin goes up through tha arm, the timing pin comes down into
it, a washer goes over the large pin and swaged (deformed) holding the
assembly together. Maybe a skilled watchmaker can fix this but I
can't.

Its much better just to get a part from a broken shutter and just
change the assemply. I already have a couple of sources and one is on
its way.

Thanks folks.

Oh boy, Oh boy! Its workin'!

Got a used shutter last week and stripped it for parts. Ha! Governor
was worn out - bushings oval, rusty but I was able to take the top
plate assembly and mate it to the rest of my governor. Not so easy -
bloody small parts. I was out taking pictures today! I'll see how
badly it leaks light and finished it up soon.

The shutter single exposure mechanism was balky. I had to open up the
side to clean the gunk out. Looks and sounds like new.

I read the C33 manual from cover to cover. I would suggest avoiding
changing the shutter speed when the shutter is cocked - I'm sure this
will load the timing pin more than it was designed for.

FYI: The 1 second position runs a little fast so it should just get
better with age.

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Got a used shutter last week and stripped it for parts. Ha! Governor
was worn out - bushings oval, rusty but I was able to take the top
plate assembly and mate it to the rest of my governor. Not so easy -
bloody small parts. I was out taking pictures today! I'll see how
badly it leaks light and finished it up soon.

The shutter single exposure mechanism was balky. I had to open up the
side to clean the gunk out. Looks and sounds like new.

I read the C33 manual from cover to cover. I would suggest avoiding
changing the shutter speed when the shutter is cocked - I'm sure this
will load the timing pin more than it was designed for.

FYI: The 1 second position runs a little fast so it should just get
better with age.

The one second is fast because governor needs to be moved outward (away)
from the lens.
One question, why not just swap the entire governor? If the top plate is
worn the bottom will not be far behind.
The C33 was my first MF camera it is built like a tank.
Mike

....because the spare wouldn't run as is due to wear. The segment gear
seems to wear the next full gear bearing in the chain much more than
the other end - the shutter force goes to the end thats closest to the
driverr. I had to swap guts to get the segment gear with the pin as
its all reveted on the plate.

I will adjust the position out next time its opened as the flash
contacts are still intermittent.

Had the camera out in the cold today and its definately the camera to
use (-15C) I can work it with gloves on. Its also heavy.

Did you say you have the chrome shutter or the black one?


"Mr Ed" wrote in message
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...because the spare wouldn't run as is due to wear. The segment gear
seems to wear the next full gear bearing in the chain much more than
the other end - the shutter force goes to the end thats closest to the
driverr. I had to swap guts to get the segment gear with the pin as
its all reveted on the plate.

I will adjust the position out next time its opened as the flash
contacts are still intermittent.

Had the camera out in the cold today and its definately the camera to
use (-15C) I can work it with gloves on. Its also heavy.

I had my Mamiya tlr's out in the cold yesterday morning - if 4 F above zero
in a biting wind, meets the definition of cold - I suspect the shutters were
running slow in the temperature, but because I had sun on snow conditions a
bit of added exposure was the right recipe for B&W anyway...
The snow was over my knees and I was winded by the time I waded a hundred
feet and my ears were frozen from the 15 knot wind over the open fields, so
I went back to the road and packed the 55mm lens away and stood the tripod
in the bed of the pickup, and used the 180mm lens to reach out... Luckily
by moving the truck back and forth, hither and yon, no traffic on a back
road I was able to get the composition and the the light looking ok, or I
would have had to quit...
I souped the negs and they look good, a bit contrasty being snow scenes, but
TMX benefits from adequate exposure so the diffusion enlarger should print
them just fine ..
I've been going to send some lenses and a body I acquired recently out for
cla, but I keep using them...

denny

"Mr Ed" wrote in message Had the camera out in the
cold today and its definately the camera to
use (-15C) I can work it with gloves on. Its also heavy.