On July 19th David Kesner wrote regarding a shutter lock for the TL-120

"This has already been done. All current models have this feature.
Unfortunately it is an internal modification and cannot be retro-fitted
to previous models."

I suspect that one reason 3D World might be reluctant to make a definitive statement of
what the current TL-120 specs are is that there is so much "new-old" stock out there yet
to be sold. Could it be they don't want people looking for new features on old cameras?

The shutter on my TL-120 triggers very easily. Right from the beginning I learned that I
could NEVER put the camera in a camera bag with the shutter cocked because the slightest
pressure would fire it. If I have a cable release attached to the shutter any motion will
trigger it. I've finally learned to remove the cable release before winding the film, and
then very carefully screw the cable release back in before firing.

Yes, if I'm really really careful I suppose I could manage to never accidentally fire the
shutter, but this never once happened to me in years of using the Sputnik. I really don't
see the point of incorporating cocking the shutter into winding the film. It's not like that
makes this an automatic camera. Does anyone who has opened one of these cameras up
have any thoughts as to whether it would be possible to decouple the shutter cocking
from the film winding and create a separate cocking mechanism?