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Rant: I chose to replace the entire shutter assembly instead of trying to salvage the old one
The client's Nikon F3 had a classic curtain tear, and I could have spent hours patching it. I swapped the whole unit for a new-old-stock part from a supplier in Japan, and it's been flawless for a year now. When do you guys decide a repair is more trouble than it's worth?
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xena_davis167mo ago
Ngl, it's a time versus history call for me. Patching a curtain keeps the original part with the camera's story, but a full swap is a permanent fix. If the camera is a personal favorite or has sentimental value, I'll fight to save the original piece. For a resale or a workhorse body, the new assembly is just smarter. You can't bill a client for the hours a proper patch job takes.
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mason.cole7mo ago
What about the light seal on the old curtain assembly though. A patch fixes the hole but the foam and velvet around it are probably dust. A full swap gives you fresh light traps everywhere, not just at the patch spot. That's a big deal for keeping the film plane clean.
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blake4325mo ago
Forget the patch, just swap the whole thing like @mason.cole said.
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