Bad shutter, but too bad?

I have been offered a 90mm 6,8 Grandagon, which I need (want), glass in mint shape, but the shutter is a little off. 1 sec is a little longer than normal, and faster speeds sound healthy except for 1/60 which is always something like 1/4 of a sec. Is it worthwhile too offer on this lens and send it for repair, if it is a brief and inexpensive one, or better let it go and look for another one? What do you think? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by sergiob

I have been offered a 90mm 6,8 Grandagon, which I need (want), glass in mint shape, but the shutter is a little off. 1 sec is a little longer than normal, and faster speeds sound healthy except for 1/60 which is always something like 1/4 of a sec. Is it worthwhile too offer on this lens and send it for repair, if it is a brief and inexpensive one, or better let it go and look for another one? What do you think? Thanks.

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If the price is appropriate, don't worry about it. In the U.S., the cleaning and lubrication that is probably all this shutter needs would cost under $100. Build that into the price you are willing to pay. There is always risk in buying used stuff, but I've bought lenses in shutters that I knew needed work when the price was right.

Rick "shutters are hard to kill" Denney