Really? I haven't investigated the Bronica lenses much, but I'd particularly like to get the 50mm working. Thanks for reminding me of this thread - I had planned to find where I've hidden those lenses, now I should be able to remember to do it.
I posted how to do it in photo.net a long time ago. I describe how to get in to the trouble spot. Then it's clean and relube sparingly with a thin grease. The method's the same for the SQ and ETR lenses.
Bronica SQ-A - Sticky Shutter?
<p>Yet again, my SQ-A gave me trouble today. Every time I take the thing out for the day it comes up with another fault.</p> <p>This time it worked perfectly for an hour or so and then when I went to press the shutter there was a faint click instead of the usual SQ-A explosion. ...www.photo.net
I posted how to do it in photo.net a long time ago. I describe how to get in to the trouble spot. Then it's clean and relube sparingly with a thin grease. The method's the same for the SQ and ETR lenses.
Bronica SQ-A - Sticky Shutter?
<p>Yet again, my SQ-A gave me trouble today. Every time I take the thing out for the day it comes up with another fault.</p> <p>This time it worked perfectly for an hour or so and then when I went to press the shutter there was a faint click instead of the usual SQ-A explosion. ...www.photo.net
I tried your advice on two lenses, today. ETR 50 and 150mm. I did the 150, first. The interesting thing in that one was that there was no sign of any lubrication whatsoever. The shutter was definitely not firing correctly, though. I brushed lighter fluid onto the area you suggest and it came away with nothing. I think the mechanism may have always been dry, since it differed significantly from the 50mm, which obviously had lubrication. On the 150, if you fired the shutter 10 times, it most often opened with a significant lag. It seems to be working properly, now. The 50 - the shutter wouldn't open half the time. Now it too seems to be working properly.
I'll check them again in a few days. They'll probably still be fine. I didn't squirt lighter fluid in there and I only used machine oil on a toothpick to lightly oil the mechanism - and then actually brushed it to get some back off. Last thing I want is oil on the aperture or shutter blades (although I don't know if it can migrate from there to the shutter mechanism).
And - thanks. The 50mm makes the Bronica so much more interesting.
Do you know if the same sorts of problems with RB67 lenses can be solved in a similar way?
I would never squirt lighter fluid in there
I didn't think you would - that was for the benefit of those who actually do squirt lighter fluid in there. As for grease - like I said, there was no sign of any in the 150mm and it looked like what was in the 50 was oil (and actually not really that much in there). On both, there was no sign of grease or oil on the ends of the "arms" that stick in and do the rotating.
Gotcha. I'm glad they're working, and I could help out a fellow Bronican.
Strange about the 150 being completely dry. Maybe it had been "serviced" before by somebody, or a factory error?
I just acquired an RZ67, there are a lot of decent bodies out there, and many lenses are quite cheap (especially the telephotos).
No change here. I have been using the Hasselblad 503 CX and Hasselblad 903 SWC for many years.
Can't be more of a square than that!
I enjoy using my Sputnik. 1 square is for chumps.
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