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Repair History
     Since all the equipment I currently shoot with was bought used (or taken in trade), some repairs are to be expected. Thankfully, I have not had very many.

Bronica AE prism: The metering display ceased to work properly after I smashed it against my car. 'Twas a hard clunk, and I was most annoyed with myself afterwords (especially since the repair cost me $120).

Rolleicord V, sticky shutter: After buying the camera, I found the slow speeds were not working correctly - the timing was off, and on the slowest speeds the shutter would not shut. I returned it to the dealer I bought it from, and he had the shutter cleaned at no cost. I haven't had a shutter problem since, and this is a common problem on any camera or lens with a leaf-shutter lens.

Rolleicord V, aperture blade broken: After about four years of travelling and use, one of the aperture blades appears to have slipped of it's pin, or the pin broke. I haven't sent the camera in for repair yet as I it is not a camera I use often anymore, but at some point I will get it fixed.

Canon Eos 50mm f1.8: This lens decided to get a jump on Y2K. I took a photo of my family on Christmas Eve, and the mirror did not return. It remained locked up after the exposure had been taken. Removing the lens made the mirror return, but it would not return on its own with the lens on the body. At first, I thought it was a problem with my body, but since I didn't have another lens to put on the camera I couldn't check it out. Upon getting back home, I tested the body with another lens, and it operated flawlessly. I put the 50mm on my other EOS body, and it gave the same mirror problem, so there's definitely something wrong with the lens. Given that I paid $75 for the lens and new ones can be found for $125 or so, I'll probably just replace the lens rather than deal with the $75-100 repair charge on my lens.


Medium Format Cameras - User's Guide to Buying and Shooting
by Peter Williams is now available from Amherst Media!! [1/2001]