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Change rubicon of a 1000F ?

blowupster

Member
Well I just succed to convert my 1952 1000F for my cfv when one rubicon (for the shutter) broke ! As I suppose I wil not find new part for this camera, what kind of rubicon will I use for this ?
I expect to change only part of the ribicon and glue it.
Any idéa ?
 
Broken rubicon
IMG_8098.JPG
  • Canon - Canon EOS Kiss X2
  • 44.0 mm
  • ƒ/10
  • 1/200 sec
  • Spot
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 800

New rubicon glued

IMG_8099.JPG
  • Canon - Canon EOS Kiss X2
  • 46.0 mm
  • ƒ/10
  • 1/200 sec
  • Spot
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 800


End of rubicon. Need to be glued

IMG_8101.JPG
  • Canon - Canon EOS Kiss X2
  • 46.0 mm
  • ƒ/10
  • 1/200 sec
  • Spot
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 800


Well I spent houres to repair. It works for about 50 tests and when I was ready to test flash connexion for digital CFV setting, the rubicon broke one more time !!!
 
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