Older M3 Issue

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I have a 1957 M3 that I inherited from a friend who past. Was nonfunctional when I received it. YYE worked on it and it has been working well until a couple of months ago when I started to see shutter slap on the side of negatives. Youxin said it was the shutter brakes and they were very worn on the the camera. Being originally a 2 stroke the brakes are built in the chassis of the camera, he said it should be OK just minimize using 1/500 or 1/1000. He also said M3 camera chassis are hard and expensive to come by. Just trying to get this sorted out. Is it a death report for the camera? Has anyone had a similar issue?

Picture sideways to show the shutter slap, it progressed as the film advanced, this is near the end of the roll.

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The brakes are adjustable, however if that is not effective anymore then I would turn to a specialist (DAG, Kanto) for advice.

[Guest JMF]

I had a similar issue with a 1954 DS M3 and my local repairman fixed it.

[tommonego@gmail.com]

Youxin Yee has it back working fine but he said to be aware of this because the shutter brakes are very warn. Trying not to use 1/500 and 1/1000 but that is tough outside with ISO 400 film. He said what I have to find is a SS M3 body that has had other damage. The brakes on a DS M3 arepart of the camera chassis.  

[Raid Amin]

My M3 is SS. So far I have not seen any issues with my camera.  I hope that your M3 is still doing fine.

[Axelwik]

Mine was originally a DS, but later converted to SS. I haven't seen the problem yet despite the camera being well-used.