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Stradibarrius said:
The mark of a good craftsman is someone, who apparently lik Charles who is proud of their work and stands behind it!
I'm going to see if I can find Charles Fallis' website.
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If you find it, let me know. I didn't know I had one. We have four big colleges here, all with photography programs and all of which have film classes. I do a lot of work locally, for students. Camera repairmen are not exactly thick on the ground here, so I get lots of referrals and haven't really needed a website. That, plus a few cameras from time to time from this and a couple of other forums, is pretty much all I really want to handle. Just PM me.
 
FallisPhoto said:
That just took some time. What really gave me fits was wrestling the cover onto the front door. Try this sometime: take a piece of paper and wrap it over a bowling ball, without cutting it, in such a way that you don't get any big wrinkles that can't be pressed out.
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yeah it would be difficult, the thicker (or less pliable) the material the more difficult it is, that material is plenty thick (durable, but thick) if you compare it to the leatherette that is on them originally, and that its basis is made from weaved cloth which has some stretch to it (as small as the stretch would be) would help, or one of the very rare ones i have that have original marroccon leather, its so soft and pliable it would curve a little easier
 
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Mael said:
A small patch made in shutter curtain material glued inside the bellows is an inexpensive way to save many pinholed bellows.
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I wanted to do it invisibly, so no one could tell it had been patched, looking at the inside or the outside. Should have known that would be impossible.
 
chippy said:
yeah it would be difficult, the thicker (or less pliable) the material the more difficult it is, that material is plenty thick (durable, but thick) if you compare it to the leatherette that is on them originally, and that its basis is made from weaved cloth which has some stretch to it (as small as the stretch would be) would help, or one of the very rare ones i have that have original marroccon leather, its so soft and pliable it would curve a little easier
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I wish they still made leatherette like what came off that door. It was cellulose over cloth, very thin and limp, easy to mold. What we can get now is a lot thicker and stiffer. Youcan still do it, but then wrinkles keep popping up and you have to press them down a lot until they finally stop popping up. It usually stops wrinkling up just about when you get sick to death of doing it.
 
Well, the bellows has been replaced on the Bessa:
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Replaced that button on the back too.
 
Here's my two cents:

I purchased a folder and a Selectronic from Mr. Kreckel.

The folder had a shutter issue (shutter would not stay cocked) and I had to send it back to him for repair. Since getting it back from him I have not had a chance to use it enough to be sure he actually fixed it.

The Selectronic's self timer didn't work. The camera was said to be fully functional.

My email correspondence with him has been odd at times (i.e. not responding to my questions in his replies).

I'm hesitant to purchase from him again or send my cameras to him for repair.
 
I bought an Ikonta Mess from him a while back. Put two rools of film through it, everything working smoothly and the negatives look good.

My single bone of contention with it (and why will not purchase from him again) is that had to remove both front and back elements to remove a short piece of cotton thread or some such that were on both surfaces. Minor though the problem was it was quite obvious and causes me to wonder what else may have been left behind.
 
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