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Would this be a common problem for TLRs in general? Would Rolleiflexes be affected by hazing too? Looking to get one very soon.

Your 6 digit serial G falls from 1980 to 1986. Serial numbers starts from 051xxx in 1980 to 235xxx in 1986 and its consecutive. Martin, im in Australia too. Are you in Sydney? You are right, it's getting harder to find a reliable person to service or repair fully mechanical cameras.

Your G is manufactured in August of 1976. This is determined by 7 digit serial and no serial number on lens being between 1975 to 1980. First digit as year of the 70s and second and thrid digit as month, 08 being August. Mine being 7 digit serial plus serial number on lens falls between September 1970 to December 1974. My guess is they probably changed to cheaper aluminium and more plastic parts from February 1975 when they started manufacturing that year. I dont have another G made from that period to compare. I have held a couple of Rolleiflexes when I got my G serviced and they felt about the same weight as my Yashica 124G. This is all very interesting! If you guys are curious of what the insides look like on the G, type "Fix old cameras Yashica 124G" on youtube search. Mostly metal parts!

That is really interesting because the wind crank on mine is definately not aluminium, its some kind steel. It doesn't have that aluminium sound when I tap with a key. It sounds much denser than aluminium. The whole camera also has a heft to it further suggesting that there are minimal plastic parts. You are not the only person who have commented about the plastic parts. The guy from the shop where I got mine serviced also commented that the whole front and light meter housing part (where it says Yashina) of the camera is plastic, and saying that the non G variants were better because of less plastic parts.... until I showed him the silvery metal exposed bit where I had scraped the black paint off with a key. I strongly suspect more and more that they started using more plastic parts over the years of production until 1986. But from when? 7 digits and no serial on lens, yours would fall between 1975 to 1980. What is the first 4 digits of your serial number? I can decode it for you. Also, does yours feel hefty? Like it feels heavier than what your brain perceived before you picked up the object?

I have a Dec 1972 manufactuting date 124G (7 digit serial number and serial number on lens) and I can definately confirm that mine has a metal lever and all smaller knobs like shutter speed and apperture knobs are metal too, just painted black. I know this because of 3 things, they are cold to the touch, I scraped them with a key which made a metal sound and some black paint wore off and shiny metal underneath. There are however, these plastic parts on mine, the lever washer cover, the shutter lock, the focus knob and battery cover. The rest of the parts on mine are all metal including the film spool knobs. Out of curiosity, which serial number do you have? Is it a 6 digits or 7 digits serial? Does your lens have a serial number?