perkeo 1 with vaskar lens value? help

[it'sawhat?]

picked up a perkeo1 with the 4.5 75 vaskar in pronto shutter. The body and lens look flawless, no marks nicks scratches or brassing. it has the never ready in so so shape. the only problem is the shutter fires in B or at one speed in all settings , Jerry Sorin quoted me roughly $60 plus shipping to fix. The seller will take it back full refund. So would I be ahead fixing it or returning it and using the money for film and developing?

 

[oftheherd]

What would it cost you to get another in perfect working condition?

How much do you like folding 120 camera use?

 

[it'sawhat?]

oftheherd not sure what a replacement in perfect working shape costs. Never shot a folder before, but could see myself enjoying it though i have to admit liking 6x7 a lot more than square. I loved the results I got from an old mamiya standard 23 . Now those were beyond brick more like cinder blocks. Actually for a little more than what I have in the perkeo I could get a jupiter 8 or early zorki 4 body from Yuri which would probably be more useful . Sigh

 

[shadowfox]

Return it to seller,
keep watching for Perkeo II with Skopar lens.

That's what I'd do.

 

[Brian Legge]

Or a Perkeo I with a Color Skopar lens as the II just adds the frame counter which isn't especially reliable.

[I held out for an II and sure enough, the counter didn't work and wasn't in salvageable shape - the lens and shutter were good though so I'm okay with it]

 

[kuzano]

Or a Perkeo I with a Color Skopar lens as the II just adds the frame counter which isn't especially reliable.

[I held out for an II and sure enough, the counter didn't work and wasn't in salvageable shape - the lens and shutter were good though so I'm okay with it]

This is a classic Perkeo II tale. The film count mechanism is fragile and often not working. Yet the II's sell for too much money and if all functions work, the count mechanism will likely not work soon.

The Perkeo I's occasionally came with the struts and Color Skopar front standard and the Color Skopar front lens. You can't put a Color Skopar lens on a Perkeo I since the struts on a Perkeo I are for 75mm lens placement, while the struts for the Color Skopar lens are set at 80mm.

I have a Perkeo I which was mfrd with the Color Skopar struts... they are brushed stainless instead of black.

I also have a Perkeo II with the count mechanism stripped out, so it is shooting like a Perkeo I but with the Color Skopar.

Value.... I'd put a truly good Perkeo I at about $75, and the vaskar lens is not that bad.

I'd put a Perkeo II at $125 because of the lens, and because I wouldn't expect the film count, even if working to last more than a couple of months if the camera were used regularly.

Definitely, since you have a Perkeo I in hand, I would attempt a Ronsono Flush on the shutter (try to stay clear of the lens) to see if it frees up. You won't hurt the lens, but if you get the ronsonol on the inside of the lens, you'll probably have to unscrew the lens from the shutter to clean the glass... a tricky proposition to get back together. But there's a good chance that the Ronsonol Flush will put the shutter back in service. This is an accepted practice and I would not doubt that most CLA people do this first before actually dismantling a shutter. The premise there is that they can liquify the old hard grease used in these lenses and it will work as long as the shutter gets continued use.

I can't begin to tell you how many old folders I have revived the shutters on with Ronsonol lighter fluid for my own use.

 

[it'sawhat?]

Did some hard thinking on this ; it's going back to the seller.

 

[oftheherd]

Probably your best move since you seem reluctant to try any servicing yourself. And I don't mean that as a downer. It is easy to make things worse if you don't have some idea what to do, don't have the correct tools, and have no experience whatsoever.