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Picked up an old Rolleiflex at a flea market in Austin and noticed something odd inside
Found this beat up Rolleiflex TLR at a flea market on South Congress last weekend. When I opened the back, the pressure plate was held in with what looked like a strip of old leather belt. Someone had clearly repaired it on the cheap decades ago and it still worked fine. Anyone ever run into a hack job that actually held up better than you expected?
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nora106d agoTop Commenter
That leather strip repair is actually pretty clever since it wouldn't scratch the film like a metal screw or clip might. Sometimes those old-school fixes made with whatever was on hand work better than the proper parts ever did.
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reese1773d ago
tbh that's a solid point about not scratching the film but those old leather strips also tended to dry out and crack over time, especially in dry climates. i've seen a couple vintage cameras where the leather repair basically turned into dust after a few years.
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