Test shots with the repaired German Voigtlander B 60 years old

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I finally got my 'Gift' 1950's German Voigtlander 'B' shutter to work properly ! It did suffer 'Premature Shutter Release Fault' -- I joined the 'Vito B and Vitos' Groups on Flickr and on there was a bloke who had taken off the top plate of a Vito B and lubricated things. So I did it on mine, lubricating the 60 year old levers and pivots with a minute amount of sewing machine oil . Then put in a 'test Film' and exercised shutter and found when I wound on the shutter did NOT release any more ! So out I went into Brentwood Town today loaded with a short length of Fuji Superia 200.
I used mostly the /1300th second shutter speed but metered as if it was 1/200th reckoning it would run 'slow' - The Hamnburger Pic was 1/30th at f11 and Grave was 1/60th at f5.6. The others were 1/300th at f8 or f 14.
Vito B Tests 09 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Vito B Tests 10 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Vito B Tests 11 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Vito B Tests 12 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Vito B Tests 13 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Vito B Tests 14 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
LENS is a 50mm f3.5 'Color-Skopar'
 
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Good result there Peter, as I'm far too timid to try any kind of repair like that.
 
That ice cream cone model is disturbing!

well done on the repair!
 
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