Pentacon 35 slr repair

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I have an old Penatacon 35 slr with a shutter problem. When winding on both curtains go to the cocked position and the mirror goes up but both curtains release immediately. Does anyone know a good repair person ,preferable in Canada, who can fix this?

Bob
 
It depends on the exact problem and if spares are needed, but it would almost certainly be cheaper to buy a replacement body than to have the broken one repaired. You could try Cupog on the usual auction site, for example.
 
Yes, of course I mean Ebay. I just have no interest whatsoever in doing free advertising for them, via Google and other search engines.
 
MartinP said:
Yes, of course I mean Ebay. I just have no interest whatsoever in doing free advertising for them, via Google and other search engines.
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You're already advertising for them by telling us to go there and buy things from the seller you mentioned. I've seen this fear of writing the name "eBay" on a lot of other forums too and honestly its silly.
 
Apparently I have a very low tolerance for this sort of thing.

I did not tell anyone to do anything. I suggested a possible alternative route to a solution to the OP's problem which is/was an elderly non-working camera body.

I will log off and come back next week.
 
We provide free advertising every day in the products that we use. Do you ask for your Starbucks coffee or tea in a plain cup? Do you cover up the name on your soft drink can? Do you tape over the name on your television set or disguise your MP3 player?

It's all part of the capitalist experience. Nearly everything is branded.

When it comes down to it, most people don't care what we use or where we bought it unless they're curious and want to know more.

If someone asks you where you bought an older camera, do you tell them "that auction site" -- and if pressed further, you remain silent? Of course not. Or at least, I hope not.

I really think this reluctance to say eBay, the Goodwill, a charity or thrift shop or whatever is unnecessary.
 
ZeissFan said:
I really think this reluctance to say eBay, the Goodwill, a charity or thrift shop or whatever is unnecessary.
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I've never seen anyone refuse to say "Goodwill" online. I haven't seen any reluctance to name camera stores like KEH, Adorama, Calumet, B&H, etc. Just eBay....

The poster here says he doesn't want to advertise for them, which is sill enough because as you said we advertise things all the time whenever we go in public carrying something with a brand name. The real wackos are the ones who have paranoid reasons for not typing "eBay", like a guy on another forum I frequent who was convinced that eBay was keeping dossiers on everyone who ever criticized the company online. LOL
 
Interesting reaction to my post looking for suggestions. To save further angst about ebay, I think I have partially solved my problem by exercising the winding enough that that the curtains now stay cocked. The opening curtain is slightly lazy at slow speeds and does not open all the way so I will try it at high speeds as soon as my film thaws.

Bob
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
I've never seen anyone refuse to say "Goodwill" online. I haven't seen any reluctance to name camera stores like KEH, Adorama, Calumet, B&H, etc. Just eBay....
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The answer to your "question" (or unwillingness to understand) is just there in this sentence you wrote. Compare all the brands and tell me which one is different from all the others and why. Hint: monopolist.

Eugen
 
Eugen Mezei said:
The answer to your "question" (or unwillingness to understand) is just there in this sentence you wrote. Compare all the brands and tell me which one is different from all the others and why. Hint: monopolist.

Eugen
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Ebay is not a monopoly. Others are free to open up their own auction sites. Some have, like Yahoo, and have not done well. The market spoke. Ebay didn't do anything sinister to stay on top, and the government didn't force competitors to close. You're being a fool.
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
Ebay is not a monopoly.
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De facto it is. Go consult the percentage they take of the market.
Others are free to open up their own auction sites. Some have, like Yahoo, and have not done well. The market spoke. Ebay didn't do anything sinister to stay on top, and the government didn't force competitors to close.
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I don't see the relevance of that for the question if somebody is or not a monopolist.
Fact is that eBay profits being the only one with relevant market power and threats his clients at will. This is what the other companies mentioned earlier can not do, so if they are beloved than out of the good service they do. This is not the thing we could say about ePay.

You're being a fool.
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Thank you. Nice to know you are the allknowing guy.

Eugen
 
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Nikon Bob said:
I have an old Penatacon 35 slr with a shutter problem. When winding on both curtains go to the cocked position and the mirror goes up but both curtains release immediately. Does anyone know a good repair person ,preferable in Canada, who can fix this?

Bob
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Which Pentacon? This can be important.
Cloth or metal shutter, etc?

Eugen
(who never heard of a Pentacon 35)
 
Nikon Bob said:
I have an old Penatacon 35 slr with a shutter problem. When winding on both curtains go to the cocked position and the mirror goes up but both curtains release immediately. Does anyone know a good repair person ,preferable in Canada, who can fix this?

Bob
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I recall seeing more than a few with the Pentacon logo, I have a black SM Praktica LTL, Pentacon name and logo on the bottom, has a stop down lever just above the shutter release that also turns on the meter--would not want to buy them by the pound. ;-)

I also recall the MF cameras, some were marked with Pentacon, some Praktica, and I seem to recall even more, all evidently made in the same factory in E. Germany?

Bodies may well be low cost enough to replace rather than repair, but I suspect you know that.

I think I could have a whole collection of cameras in that category.

Regards, John
 
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Eugen and John

It basically is a Contax S with the Pentacon logo. The internals are nearly the same except for the timing assembly from what I can see. As I said, I got it working and ran a roll through it. Photos were good except for pin hole leaks from the cloth shutters. Thanks to Rick Oleson and his site I am attempting to replace the curtains myself.

Bob
 
Nikon Bob said:
Eugen and John

It basically is a Contax S with the Pentacon logo. The internals are nearly the same except for the timing assembly from what I can see. As I said, I got it working and ran a roll through it. Photos were good except for pin hole leaks from the cloth shutters. Thanks to Rick Oleson and his site I am attempting to replace the curtains myself.

Bob
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Hey, document the job, I would not mind seeing some shots. I looked inside mine, it seems to be working OK, the linkage seems rather old style, but the shutter is a vertical metal blade job.

I like to get the old ones working, maybe the docs can do the same for some of my parts soon?

I always think fixing things is interesting. My local shop normally will not do any surgery in front of you though.

About ten years ago I had a switch replaced in a Nikon, and as it was Nikon Factory Service in Prague on Kodanska, I just had the entire camera CLA'd as their labor charges were about the same, about $35 labor total.
I was friendly with the tech guy, he offered to come over and fix everything in stock for room and board at the local shop, and he remarked that he had never worked on a mechanical camera, trained only on electronic stuff. He also reprogrammed a few things on the camera for free.

John
 
John

You are most welcome. I hope it helps you and have fun at it.

Bob
 
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