len_robertson

<p>Back in the late 1970s I lived at Erdenheim Farms near Flourtown, PA, just south of Ft. Washington. I remember going to at least two camera shows in the area. Possibly Ft. Washington and maybe King of Prussia. I bought a 5X7 Ansco from one guy and a bunch of 5X7 film holders from another. This was when 5X7 was really dying out and the guy kept dropping the price per holder if I would buy more. I probably ended up with a couple of dozen, and he wanted me to take more. At the next show I bought a 500 series Gitzo tripod, probably the best purchase I've made. This was also the era before soft focus lenses became the "In" thing. I suspect most buyers at the shows at that time considered them paper weights. I probably walked by a lot of cheap brass lenses that are worth some money today.<br> Now that I'm here in the State of Washington, I'm about 250 miles from the Puget Sound camera show. I haven't been to it in almost ten years. I've got too much stuff already and it doesn't seem worth it to fight the traffic over there. I guess I'm saying a poor camera show would be okay if it were nearby.</p> <p>Len</p>

<p>This sounds exactly like what has happened to my Yashica 635 - the shutter cocking/release lever just moves back and forth. Since I have other cameras and this is a $30 yard sale camera, I have yet to do anything with it. If mine were a family camera like yours, I'd likely send it off for a proper repair job. Or if you want an adventure, you probably could clean it yourself, but if it becomes a "box of pieces" not all repair folks will want to take on the job.<br> Here is a recent thread on Yashica TLR shutters:<br> http://www.apug.org/forums/forum51/133227-whats-up-yashica-tlr-shutters.html<br> I also had this in my Bookmarks:<br> http://www.photo.net/medium-format-photography-forum/008KSL with a link to Mark Hama. The 2004 price quoted in that post is probably somewhat higher 10 years later.</p> <p>Len</p>