Re: [Rollei] springs and tension

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen >]

So Rollei Compur shutters should be left cocked then?


Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 12:40 PM 11/2/01 -0500, Matthew Smith wrote:
> >
> >I?ve always operated under the assumption that, when left idle for long
> >periods of time, springs should NOT be left in their tensioned position.
> >For this reason, I try not to advance my cameras if I?m going to put them
> >down for a while.
> 
> Deckel and Gauthier have always recommended that their Compur and Prontor
> shutters be stored cocked.  Hasselblad makes quite a production about this,
> incidentally.
> 
> Marc
> 
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