Replacing my Nikon EM/FG

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What is a wrinkled shuttered curtain, and does it affect performance?

This is a serious problem and essentially totals these old bodies. It
means that someone or something has touched the thin aluminum or
titanium shutter blades and bent them. Even in the unlikely event that
there is no light leak, the bent shutters will probably have a short
life. The shutter needs to be replaced. I would never buy one of
these except for parts.

I'm sure it would reduce its resale value a lot, but I used an FM with a
slight wrinkle for 20 years - no problems. But I would pay very little
for one.

William Graham wrote:
"Ben" wrote in message
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I've been looking at KEH, which seems to have the best prices. What
is
their reputation?

I've bought about 6 Nikkors from them in the last couple of years.
They rate
their lenses a lot worse than they actually are. A lens they call,
"bargain"
is actually very good to excellent. I have been very satisfied with
all the
lenses that I have bought from them.

And I bought an "excellent" grade lens from them that had 4 big
scrapes criss-crossing near the center of the front element.

I could get into what the salesperson told me about what has been
happening as of late with their grading system (when I called back
about that lens), but I'll refrain from that. Primarily because I
*still* respect KEH on the basis that they're not crooks.

All of the "bargain" lenses I've bought from them were in the
strictest sense functional. But none of them were pretty, and all of
them have had dry focusing and or visible dust on the inner elements.

William Graham wrote:
"Ben" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking at KEH, which seems to have the best prices. What
is
their reputation?

I've bought about 6 Nikkors from them in the last couple of years.
They rate
their lenses a lot worse than they actually are. A lens they call,
"bargain"
is actually very good to excellent. I have been very satisfied with
all the
lenses that I have bought from them.

And I bought an "excellent" grade lens from them that had 4 big
scrapes criss-crossing near the center of the front element.

I could get into what the salesperson told me about what has been
happening as of late with their grading system (when I called back
about that lens), but I'll refrain from that. Primarily because I
*still* respect KEH on the basis that they're not crooks.

All of the "bargain" lenses I've bought from them were in the
strictest sense functional. But none of them were pretty, and all of
them have had dry focusing and or visible dust on the inner elements.