IIIg slow shutter speeds do not work

[TomBIIIf]

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I just acquired a IIIg from KEH. At first all seemed well, but upon trying it today, the slow shutter speeds simply failed to operate. I was set at 1/30 - 1 and depressed the little button to move to 1 sec an it fired at 1/30 sec. I sent it back to KEH and ordered a replacement (luckily they had another (at a higher price!)).

 

Is there anyone who had dad this problem? It is NOT the speed of the slow shutter (a common problem that cleaning can usually fix), but the fact that the slow shutter speeds do not operate.

 

I moved the film in the IIIg (my last roll of Kodachrome) to my IIIf and hope to complete my Kodacheome testimonial with it.

[luigi bertolotti]

Happened to me with a IIIc lot of years ago (probably.... 1985 or about) : if the slow speeds don't work, but the shutter fires at the "highest of the low - lowest of the high" speed, it means that the clockwork mechanism that actuates low speeds (releasing the 2nd curtain after a certain time) is failing; it can be for it is simply "broken" (is based on a clock-like spring not so different from self-shutters : in the Exaktas the mechanism was used for both so that you could have slow speeds up to 12 sec) or (more probable, imho) it is not engaged. A good lab can fix it.