Ilford Sportsmaster shutter fail

[smiffy_smiffy]

This camera was working fine then the Prontor-lux shutter no longer works, so can anybody help please ?

This is the Sportsmaster model with the four buttons for auto exposure and all now non working.

Thanks!

[John Seaman]

Frankly, I think it's best to keep it as a display item, the auto exposure mechanism must be rather complex. I've got a broken one somewhere. As I recall, the four buttons are for different focus distances. the user having to remember which one to press for landscapes, groups, portraits etc. Probably the last thing I would take to photograph sport. It was made for ilford by Dacora in Germany.

[smiffy_smiffy]

Very Many thanks John, am inclined to agree but as it worked ok for about half a dozen shots, I am just wondering if there was something simple I could do to revive it. Certainly it's an interesting display item :  and it wasn't at all cheap ...when made in 1961 it cost £29 : equivalent to some £649 in today's money, which would equate to 40 weeks average weekly wage back then !