Plaubel Makina 670 shutter release lock?

[Archlich]

In this post I came across this description:

2) The 670 has a shutter lock feature .When the lens board is collapsed the shutter is unable to fire .

Mine's different. With film loaded, lens board collapsed/locked and the double stroke tensioned, pressing the shutter button releases the shutter just fine. Other than that, the camera is in right working order.

For those of you that had or still have a 670, which one is the case? Is my camera malfunctioning, or there's a catch that went unnoticed here? Seems information is really scarce out there.

Thank you.

 

[TenEleven]

FWIW I don't think I can trip my 67 (not 670!) shutter when it's folded. Let me check & edit.
Edit: Well that was a bunch of nonsense, I clearly misremembered. The shutter fires just fine with the camera collapsed.

 

[Archlich]

FWIW I don't think I can trip my 67 (not 670!) shutter when it's folded. Let me check & edit.
Edit: Well that was a bunch of nonsense, I clearly misremembered. The shutter fires just fine with the camera collapsed.

Yes that should be the way the 67 and W67 went. Supposedly the 670 saw an improvement on that...but I began to doubt it (and myself) whether that is the case.

The first of the two strokes locks the shutter though. But not the second one in mine's case.

 

[pyeh]

I just checked my 670. The shutter is definitely locked when the lens is retracted.

 

[Archlich]

I just checked my 670. The shutter is definitely locked when the lens is retracted.

Thanks and, may I ask the serial number of your 670? Someone suggested that there might be batch variations among the 670...(which I find hard to fanthom)

Mine's #521717. Also does your camera fire with the back open and lens retracted?

 

[pyeh]

Thanks and, may I ask the serial number of your 670? Someone suggested that there might be batch variations among the 670...(which I find hard to fanthom)

Mine's #521717. Also does your camera fire with the back open and lens retracted?

Hi Archlich, mine has serial number 522485. No, it doesn't fire with the back open and lens retracted.

 

[Archlich]

Hi Archlich, mine has serial number 522485. No, it doesn't fire with the back open and lens retracted.

Thank you, I'm beginning to see culprit now...