Weird problem with my S2.. slow speeds don't work at all

[jvan01]

The slow speeds don't work at all on my S2. Everything from 1/30 sec on down acts like "bulb". If I set the top dial at slightly off from "30-I", so that it's lifted up like the 1/1000 speed, then the slow speeds work somewhat.

Any ideas? I found this old thread that describes the same problem, somewhat.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7807

 

[Highway 61]

Your camera is in need of routine service of the slow speeds escapement clockwork module, nothing to be too worried about re. a camera marketed in 1954.

 

[Timestep]

A CLA should do it. Pete Smith restored my S2— good for another fifty years.

 

[jvan01]

I left it in the trunk of my car for 20 minutes and the slow speeds worked!

 

[SolaresLarrave]

I still would send it to repair. Pete Smith is the best, it seems, but not the only game in town. You can always send it to Essex and a dozen places more before you ship it to Don Goldberg.

BTW, that's what I may do. Take care and glad to hear your camera came back to operational condition!

 

[DanOnRoute66]

'Tis, indeed, a common problem for a camera of that age. I can heartily recommend Essex Camera, which overhauled my S2 last year and it works like the proverbial top now.

 

[KHW]

I should not be too difficult to work on S2 with proper tools, such as a 1mm or 1.2mm screw driver. You can search a box on google, key words "nikon repair" to get more idea.