Voigtländer Vito BL: lazy shutter blade

[pinkarmy]

i am in my "crazy for Voigtländer" period ever since i got my well-used Vito III, Vitessa A3 and Vitomatic IIIb, both have rangefinder and the wonderful Ultron f2 lens.
They are both GREAT! (except the vertical alignment is a bit off on the VITO III)

tempted by fellow RFF member farlymac's posts on the Vito B/BL,
i got myself a Vito BL, a Vitomatic 1 and a Vitomatic IIa (it is still in the air somewhere between Europe and Asia🙁), all equipped with Color-skopar 2.8 lens.

i found the first rolls from the Vito BL and Vitomatic 1 more than satisfied.
the two cameras are basically the same thing with slightly different exposure meter designs, and i am more fond of the Bewi Automat meter on the Vito BL, which you need to press a tiny button for a second to take the reading.
the guess-focus (which is my weakness) is surprisingly easier on these cameras then my other scale/guess-focus camera...wonder why.

the slow speeds on Vito BL are sticky so i dry-fired it for a whole week
it seems to improve a bit
however after i laid the camera down for a day, the shutter is lazy again.

i believe i can apply a drop of Ronsonal to the blade, can't i?

 

[farlymac]

That might help in the short term, Pink. But in reality, if it is starting to stick, it really needs to be taken down a bit and thoroughly cleaned. If not, it will just continue to stick again after a period of non-use.

PF

 

[pinkarmy]

...continue to stick again after a period of non-use.

PF

oh my oh my... 😱