Re: Sputnik

[Stephen Puckett <spuckett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony wrote today:

"...Get an external timer, they are quite cheap. I tried it with a 
Lubital (which is very similar in construction) and had to glue the 
screws back in because the threads went. I did have a stuck timer
on a Zenith and found that with a little GENTLE persuasion it could 
be assisted to complete it's journey. After one or two <treatments> 
like that, it seemed to right itself. Please note that I am not 
offering that as a suggestion."

I have a number of old cameras and Lubitels.  I try to avoid 
hitting the self timer but have accidently hit them and gotten into 
the same pickle.  Except for once, I 'gently persuaded' it to 
complete its journey.  The one exception I took to my favorite 
camera repairman who fixed it in a few minutes for no charge  :-)  
He cautioned me to avoid these things.  It seems to me that the
self timer may be the first thing to go bad and the easiest to 
live without.  

I picked up some add-on self timers for a couple of dollars at 
camera shows  - just in case I may ever use one  ;-)