[LargeFormat] Experiences with Fred Lustig?
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Tue Jun 3 11:09:31 2003
At 9:24 am -0400 3/6/03, Les Newcomer wrote:
>Does anybody on this list have any experiences with Fred Lustig?
>He's known for repairing Speed Graphic cameras.
I have spoken with him a few times and he has been very pleasant and
helpful, although he seemed reluctant to sell any spares for a CLA,
suggesting that the Graflex shutter is complex. He wanted the camera
to be sent to him for repair. This is fair enough, particularly as he
invested a lot of money in purchasing a bulk quantity of remaining
spare parts.
However, the cost of sending the camera on a return journey to the US
from the UK was such that I carried out the CLA myself and learned a
lot in the process. One of the things I learned was that the shutter
is not that complicated - to me anyway......
Cheers,
Clive