Dueling Diacords

[nolan woodbury]

Hello fellow MF camera fans,

 

I recently purchased a really nice Ricoh Diacord G via the Internet. I've been interested in finding one of these 4 element Tessar-copy Ricoh's because I have the two other Jap/Tessar style equipped camera's (Autocord and YashicaMat 124) that I think are wonderful, and wanted to compare them to the Diacord. Only problems: slightly sluggish at the very lowest shutter speeds, and a sticky f-stop selector. Last week I purchased another Diacord from Pacific Rim because I wanted the case and caps for my first one, the donor camera suffered from a dead shutter. But what wonderful shape it was in! Just very, very mint and perfect, nicer than the first one, like it had seen very few rolls. If any. Which one do I fix? What is easier; aperture repair (basically a CLA), or a non-functioning shutter? Since I already have one camera at Mark Hama's for repair, might as well find out what I'm in for.

 

Thanks in advance for any answers, or discussion,

Nolan Woodbury