Retina IIIc with a VERY stuck shutter
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2021
- Another Kodak Retina IIIc arrives for a service. This one had a VERY stuck shutter.
Consumables used servicing camera bodies:
I use naphtha (cigarette lighter fluid) for cleaning metal parts. CRC Heavy Duty Lectra Clean for dried grease that the naphtha won’t dissolve. A generic wax and grease remover to soak mechanical parts prior to cleaning in an ultrasonic cleaner. Glass cleaned with normal domestic glass cleaner.
Parts are lubricated with Inox MX6 (a synthetic grease), Rocol Dry Molybdenum paste, MicroLubrol Helimax XP helicoid grease, graphite powder, or graphite grease as needed.
Leatherettes are glued back with Ados F2 adhesive.
Consumables used servicing shutter and lens assemblies:
Naphtha (cigarette lighter fluid), or occasionally CRC Heavy Duty Lectraclean. Lenses cleaned with normal domestic glass cleaner.
Parts are lubricated Rocol Dry Molybdenum paste, MicroLubrol Helimax XP helicoid grease, graphite powder, or graphite grease as needed.
Brilliant. I service cameras of all sorts and this is a great example of a master at work. I hope it won't be long before I'm as good as this fella.
Respect. This is the most complex disassembly that I have seen in my whole life.
Amazing you can take that down to the last part and put it back together. I would have left all kind of parts behind. Oops! Lol... Great work!
Excellent video! Goes to show that a good cleaning can solve most issues. I have this same camera and also have a sticky shutter. It's long past due a service. Thank you for your expertise on this service!
Incredible how you're able to take everything out in minutes and put everything back together like a puzzle. you must have done this countless times to the point where it is second nature to you.
I have a III big C currently with the exact same issue. It is in immaculate condition, and I hope to restore it to its former greatness. Not sure whether I should do it myself, as I have repaired several cameras of my own. Never encountered a step by step video repair like yours though, so I might give it a shot.
I have already put lighter fluid on my blades, but it still seems to get stuck. every time I put it on and it is still fresh on the shutter blades, the camera works beautifully. but as soon as it dries up, it goes back to its original state. not sure if I should keep drenching it in lighter fluid and hope for the best, or dig inside and clean it up properly.
I also wanted to say thanks for keeping the retina alive, there aren't many people like you posting such a niche of a camera on this platform, much less repairs. You have done an amazing job on this channel, and I hope you continue your journey, documenting as much about this camera as possible to all of us here.
Much love from Vancouver, Canada
AMAZING JOB DONE
BRILLIANT INCREDIBLE AMAZING. THANKS
Can you show and explain how you dismantled the rear group? would love to see how you did it to clean the glass. My retina IIa rear group is hazy
You will probably never get rid of that haze. On the Retina IIa cameras the surfaces facing the shutter blades frequently suffer from a haze that cannot be 'cleaned'. This is not something on the surface, it IS the surface, the glass has deteriorated. This is something specific to the optical glass used for these elements. Earlier or later Xenons don't have this problem, neither do the Xenar lenses fitted to the Retina Ia cameras made at the same time.
Hi Chris, what was the tool you used to remove the post at 8:53? Thanks for your video!
Like a lot of the tools you might see me use, this is one I made myself. It is a screwdriver with the tip cut off, drilled to go over the post and with a shallow slot cut across the end to engage with the flats on the base of the post.
@@ChrisSherlock Oh wow! Very clever--thank you for your reply. I am a bit stumped on how to get mine off, I'll have to do some improvisation I guess.
@emmainlace You can use a pair of pliers, but you must be careful that the only the tips engage with the flats on the bottom of the post, otherwise the post will get damaged and the film release button will not move smoothly.