Mjautek II : Voigtlander Bessa R2 teardown

[Ko.Fe.]

Interesting thread to see Bessa R series origin.
I have seen plastic gears in Canon FTb.

The reason why I bumped into this thread is my search for R2M lugs misplacement.
FM10 (last Nikon price was 570$ BTW) has them in the same place.
I'm not sure if it is possible to place them in normal position. Is it just drill and glue?

Another solution would be this R grip, which I have zero need for, but it fixes misalignment of lugs problem, while adding bulk.

Yet it introduces another problem, OP 4. Back View shows how camera will looks like without half-case after some use.

R2M drives me nuts, it goes lens up all of the time. :bang:

 

[mooge]

I have taken apart two FTb👎s, I don't remember seeing any plastic gears in them unless it was for the meter or the shutter speed display in the finder or something. It was a while ago, but overall I think FTbs are pretty solid.

I think it shouldn't be hard to make offset lugs for the R2 to shift the hang point. I think. maybe I'll add that to the big list of projects I'll probably never get to.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I have taken apart two FTb👎s, I don't remember seeing any plastic gears in them unless it was for the meter or the shutter speed display in the finder or something. It was a while ago, but overall I think FTbs are pretty solid.

I think it shouldn't be hard to make offset lugs for the R2 to shift the hang point. I think. maybe I'll add that to the big list of projects I'll probably never get to.

https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/where-to-lube-ftb-shutter-spindles.501481/

Second image shows what I have seen in FTb. Plastic gear.