Rollei TLR

I recently acquired an old Rollie Twin Lens Reflex. It was in storage
for some time -- my uncle got inherited it when my grandfather (his
father) died in the late seventies. It was stored in a basement, but
it's a finished climate-controlled environment, and it's reasonably
dry. From visual inspection, the glass looks pretty good, although
the camera was used fairly often before it was put in storage (I was
probably the last person to use it, actually -- my grandfather showed
me how to operate it when I was twelve or thirteen.)

I have no plans to sell it; I'll keep it even if I can't really use it
as a camera. However, I'd like to get it in fully operational
condition. I'd get a kick out of using my grandfather's camera, for
sentimental reasons if nothing else. Plus, it's got the planar lens,
which I am given to believe is pretty good.

I ran a roll of film through it, and it generally seemed to operate
well, with one exception. (Note: I haven't developed the film yet;
I'll know more when I do.) Here's the problem: the controls for the
aperture and shutter speed appear to be linked together, so that when
I move one it moves the other, maintaining reciprocity. Kind of a
cool function, actually. Unfortunately, the tiny little button which
is supposed to disengage the two dials appears to be partially jammed.
It works a little, but not fully. Which means that I can't change the
exposure, or can't change it much. This rather limits the camera.

Does anybody know of a good place to have a Rollie TLR worked on? I'd
like to get the problem with the interlock switch fixed, have it
generally cleaned up as much as possible, light seals and such checked
and replaced if necessary and, if possible, I'd like to have the
shutter speeds checked to make sure they're accurate. I'd like to
have this done reasonably well, and, hopefully, for a reasonable fee.
Note that I'm willing to pay a little more for better quality work,
but I'm not willing to pay a fortune. Suggestions?
--

Pete McCutchen

Pete,
A consideration is

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.rolleiman.com/" target="_blank">http://www.rolleiman.com/</a>

I have the RolleiFlex 3.5 Planar myself--among the other 7 Rollei (Flex,
Cord, and 4x4's) models I have!! Terrific camera!!
Note that I'm a Hasselblad user as well and find the Rollei to be fantastic
and rather silent compared to the mirror swinging ka-slap of the
Hasselblad--I would consider the above source but wait for other answers
here too. Only the Planar version I have has the feature that causes you
problems and no problems on my camera.
My RolleiFlex sure likes the new Tri-X!!
Joseph Burke

"Pete McCutchen" <p.mccutchen.DeleteThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:ojal21lu978ka6bf6r9n06khpuueamas9o@4ax.com...
 >
 > I recently acquired an old Rollie Twin Lens Reflex. It was in storage
 > for some time -- my uncle got inherited it when my grandfather (his
 > father) died in the late seventies. It was stored in a basement, but
 > it's a finished climate-controlled environment, and it's reasonably
 > dry. From visual inspection, the glass looks pretty good, although
 > the camera was used fairly often before it was put in storage (I was
 > probably the last person to use it, actually -- my grandfather showed
 > me how to operate it when I was twelve or thirteen.)
 >
 > I have no plans to sell it; I'll keep it even if I can't really use it
 > as a camera. However, I'd like to get it in fully operational
 > condition. I'd get a kick out of using my grandfather's camera, for
 > sentimental reasons if nothing else. Plus, it's got the planar lens,
 > which I am given to believe is pretty good.
 >
 > I ran a roll of film through it, and it generally seemed to operate
 > well, with one exception. (Note: I haven't developed the film yet;
 > I'll know more when I do.) Here's the problem: the controls for the
 > aperture and shutter speed appear to be linked together, so that when
 > I move one it moves the other, maintaining reciprocity. Kind of a
 > cool function, actually. Unfortunately, the tiny little button which
 > is supposed to disengage the two dials appears to be partially jammed.
 > It works a little, but not fully. Which means that I can't change the
 > exposure, or can't change it much. This rather limits the camera.
 >
 > Does anybody know of a good place to have a Rollie TLR worked on? I'd
 > like to get the problem with the interlock switch fixed, have it
 > generally cleaned up as much as possible, light seals and such checked
 > and replaced if necessary and, if possible, I'd like to have the
 > shutter speeds checked to make sure they're accurate. I'd like to
 > have this done reasonably well, and, hopefully, for a reasonable fee.
 > Note that I'm willing to pay a little more for better quality work,
 > but I'm not willing to pay a fortune. Suggestions?
 > --
 >
 > Pete McCutchen<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->