I finally found a compound shutter that will fit my Symmar 360mm f/5.6 barrel lens. It's not in super great shape. According to the seller, the shutter sticks at 1", but works (with unknown accuracy) at all other speeds (but B & T don't work either). I'm considering buying it and getting it serviced, but I'm still nervous because I know from SK Grimes' discussion of them that often times these compounds are impossible to repair--either because someone dumbly dipped it in solvent thinking that would work or because they tried to force the shutter to cock for the B/T setting and broke the mechanism. It also might be that the seller things B/T don't work because they can't cock it and they're actually working just fine.
Presumably, the fact that the shutter actually does work on some speeds suggests that it could be serviced successfully?? Maybe? I just don't want to drop the money and end up with a crap product at the end of the day.
Any opinions or experience on this?
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