Re:(twin Ricohmatic 225's)

[Sam Smith <3dhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  Regarding my twin 225 project. Do you have time
>to take a look at the shutter assembly to see whether
>it is feasible for you to link them for me? 

Sure. Just the shutter would be fine.

>  I don't think you've mentioned that the top speeds
>slow down. But I'm not surprised since the mechanism
>is now moving twice as much mass. How much slow down
>do you get?

1/500th is 1/250. Going down,the actual speeds get closer until 1/60 is bang
on. Lower speeds are all fine. The decrease is non-linear.

>  The reason I'm hoping the above is that the
>intermittent problem with my present 225 shutter
>happened again yesterday. It just clicks and the blades
>move a bit (but don't open) when I trip the shutter.
>This time I was able to "fix" it quickly by playing
>with the flash sync/self timer switch. So perhaps
>the problem is related to it.

Isn't that what hammers were invented for?


Sam