Is this the same one as the Luke ANH Macros???
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Is this the same one as the Luke ANH Macros???
jme3
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jme3
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Also note that this shutter is 180 degrees reversed from how it was originally attached. During a restoration project years ago, Don Bies re-attached it upside down...
I have one of the Kalimar Six Sixty cameras that these parts are intact. PM me if you are interested, thanks
8 perf
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Thanks for the pics James. Some very high res pics of the details along he edges would be a great help in my 3d drawing. That said, has anyone ever tried to replicate these in any way? resin cast copies? I know filling some of the voids would need to be done in order to do this, but just wondered. If I can finish the drawing to some satisfaction, would there be an interest in the file so people could 3d print it? Not sure how to go about doing that without having the little levers that stick out, break off though. Thoughts?
jme3
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Westies14
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Unfortunately, there are a TON of similar seagull cases and they contain a few variations on the shutter mech...
jme3
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True, and the Kalimar cameras also have the variant of the real thing. I bought several of the Seagull and Kalimar cameras that were not the Luke Macro
version and none of them had the exact shutter, only the Luke Macro did. The same thing holds true for the left side shutter. The Copal MXV was used very
extensively in Yaschica cameras of many models. There was only one specific version of the "D" model that had the perfect shutter.
Westies14
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Thank you for the additional details! What elements help to identify the Luke Macro model against similar ones?
jme3
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Let me get some pics together and I'll show you the camera.
jme3
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Okay, here are a few:
I don't remember the specific model but the giveaway is the knob on the left of the camera:
Here's a view with the casing off:
And some of the progression of digging the shutter out:
For those who may not know, you can progressively click on the photos for greater enlargement.
I don't remember the specific model but the giveaway is the knob on the left of the camera:
Here's a view with the casing off:
And some of the progression of digging the shutter out:
For those who may not know, you can progressively click on the photos for greater enlargement.
If you search Copal MXV on Ebay you get a bunch of the cameras as well.
I have a Seagull off being built into Macros. When I get it back I will see if it's the same eye and if so would be happy to trade it for other parts as I won't need the eyes. I'm doing my own fictional upper half.
I have a Seagull off being built into Macros. When I get it back I will see if it's the same eye and if so would be happy to trade it for other parts as I won't need the eyes. I'm doing my own fictional upper half.
jme3
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The only way I'd know how to differentiate between them and narrow them down would be to say the one my shutter came from had a very stylized "Y" symbol, which to my eyes looked almost like a capital F in a way more than it did a Y. If I can find one I'll post it here.
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Yeah, the MXV was used across the range of Yashicas. Usually the differences were mainly in the cover over the self-timer and the "tail piece" on the slow speed governor.
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Yeah, the MXV was used across the range of Yashicas. Usually the differences were mainly in the cover over the self-timer and the "tail piece" on the slow speed governor.
It's working fine for me.
jme3
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Hmmm... Okay then...
