dazedgonebye
Veteran
Anyone know of problems with the Konica III jamming the shutter and wind lever?
Wondering at the prospects of an easy fix on one for sale.
Wondering at the prospects of an easy fix on one for sale.
btgc
Veteran
I think, usual syndrome of leaf shutters - oily blades - is keeping camera from working? As shutter can not open or close, mechanism can not be reset and thus wind lever is blocked. My bet it is cleaning is what's needed. Look at shutter blades, they will tell truth.
Jack Conrad
Well-known
I'd like to find a Konica III with a stuck shutter. Buy it cheap and clean it up.
They're supposed to be very nice.
You would likely need to remove the top lens group at the very least.
Basically it needs a CLA. Either pay a qualified camera tech or do it yourself.
It IS risky doing it yourself... but if you only payed a few dollars and don't really want to put more money into it, and you enjoy tinkering.... well. Go for it.
They're supposed to be very nice.
You would likely need to remove the top lens group at the very least.
Basically it needs a CLA. Either pay a qualified camera tech or do it yourself.
It IS risky doing it yourself... but if you only payed a few dollars and don't really want to put more money into it, and you enjoy tinkering.... well. Go for it.
dazedgonebye
Veteran
Going for $50... Unsure about my skills. I'd just as likely break it if it isn't very simple.
Jack Conrad
Well-known
Yeah, it's tricky.
I recently bought a Yashica 14 with a stuck shutter for $30 and as I was playing with it in the car before I even got back home I opened the back up to check the aperture movement and watched as I slowly bent and crumpled one of the aperture blades just by turning the ring two or three times, effectively destroying any possibility of repair without a complete assembly from another 14. Argh!!!
So now I have a box full of nice spare parts to a Yashica 14.
Hey, does anyone need parts to a Yashica 14? lol
I recently bought a Yashica 14 with a stuck shutter for $30 and as I was playing with it in the car before I even got back home I opened the back up to check the aperture movement and watched as I slowly bent and crumpled one of the aperture blades just by turning the ring two or three times, effectively destroying any possibility of repair without a complete assembly from another 14. Argh!!!
So now I have a box full of nice spare parts to a Yashica 14.
Hey, does anyone need parts to a Yashica 14? lol
Fawley
Well-known
If you watch carefully you should be able to get a fully operational one for $100 or a little over. At least thats what I paid for mine on eBay earlier in the year. They are a very sexy camera.
cloud worlds
Member
I've bought a Konica II, III, and IIIM. As soon as I got them, I sent them to Essex Camera for a CLA, around $100 each, glad I did.