looking for repair of a Studio Shutter

[Jim Noel]

Please let us know how it turned out!

They returned it as unrepairable.

[Jim Noel]

My advice - open the shutter up and take a look. For years I avoided buying lenses in studio shutters because I heard how fragile and unreliable they are. In my experience any talk of their poor design has been overstated. Studio shutters are extremely simple devices - many problems will be relatively easy to troubleshoot and remedy. I have opened a couple up to do repairs (replaced broken shutter leaves, flattened warped shutter leaves, cleaned mechanisms, etc.) and I would venture to guess that most people on this forum with moderate mechanical aptitude could tackle a minor repair on one successfully.

One word of advice - take it easy when you handle the blades. They are robust enough to do their job and they will easily withstand careful handling, but a quick careless flex will cause them to shatter.

It and my other studio shutters have been opened by me several times. This one was and si beyond me.

[dap]

It and my other studio shutters have been opened by me several times. This one was and si beyond me.

Did they at least tell you what the problem was?

[Jim Noel]

Did they at least tell you what the problem was?

No, only mentioned a missing retaining ring which i told them in the note i sent with it.