Anywhere but SK Grimes for lens aperture plates & remote shutter release mounts?

[senderoaburrido]

I recently got my hands on a SA 75mm (not multicoated) for a steal of a price. The catch was that it didn't have apertures engraved nor does it have the little steel mount where you would normally screw in your remote shutter release. I can see screwholes missing screws, where I assume the plate and fixture were removed from. Can I find these parts for a reasonable price that doesn't include labour of some kind, like at SK Grimes? I know on my 90mm SA there is a plate that the apertures are engraved upon, and so I assume it is the same for the SA 75mm.

[Steven Tribe]

And the shutter is a ...........?

[LabRat]

Well, for the aperture plate, if you are not picky, can be a tape, printed strip label, or other blank strip that can be marked, when you know what the wide open stop is, you can stop down with a digital light meter on the GG (lens aimed at a evenly lit surface), and note/mark where the pointer reads one stop less, and so on... That will get you into the ballpark...

A repair shop might know where to get or have the release block for the shutter...

Good Luck!!!

Steve K

[Bob Salomon]

Precision Camera in Niles, IL

[Luis-F-S]

SK Grimes charges $30 to engrave an aperture. Just how cheap do you think it can be done? L

[senderoaburrido]

And the shutter is a ...........?

Sorry, it is a Copal 0.

Precision Camera in Niles, IL

Do they also sell the small metal fixture that sits next to the shutter release switch for affixing a remote shutter release cable? The "release block".

SK Grimes charges $30 to engrave an aperture. Just how cheap do you think it can be done? L

I was under the impression they charged a 50$ flat rate. Perhaps I misread the page.

Also, if it's a missing part, instead of one that was never there, I'd like to try and find it here first. Either that or purchase the parts for a pittance and install them myself. SK Grimes is a great place, but shipping to them involves me paying a bit of extra money because I do not live in the United States.

[Bob Salomon]

Sorry, it is a Copal 0.




Do they also sell the small metal fixture that sits next to the shutter release switch for affixing a remote shutter release cable? The "release block".



I was under the impression they charged a 50$ flat rate. Perhaps I misread the page.

Also, if it's a missing part, instead of one that was never there, I'd like to try and find it here first. Either that or purchase the parts for a pittance and install them myself. SK Grimes is a great place, but shipping to them involves me paying a bit of extra money because I do not live in the United States.

Call and ask them. They are the US authorized service center for Linhof and Arca and what you are looking for are common items.

[David Karp]

Perhaps contact Schneider?

[koh303]

You can buy a copal #0 shutter release stock mount on Ebay.
Just search for Copal #0 stock mount.

[senderoaburrido]

You can buy a copal #0 shutter release stock mount on Ebay.
Just search for Copal #0 stock mount.

Wow! Those are way more expensive than I thought.