[rollei_list] Re: 2.8FX shutter cock and film advance 'synchronisation'
- From: <chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:56:06 +0000
thanks carlos. The behaviour as you describe is definitely how it should be
- ie foolproof. Shucks!
On 12/12/05, Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thank you very much about the pics. I think I
> understood your original question. When you advance
> the crank, the crank movement advances the film to the
> next frame and also the same movement cocks the
> shutter; if the camera transport mechanism is right,
> this crank movement cocks the shutter completely only
> if the new frame reaches its right position on the
> camera focal plane, if the frame advance is partial,
> you can't release the shutter, you can press the
> button, but it does not work, and then if you can
> release the shutter, if your camera film transport
> mechanism allows that you release the shutter before
> you rotated the crank till its stop, something is
> wrong in your camera.-
>
> All the best
> Carlos
>
>
>
> --- chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx escribió:
>
> > Uh-oh - I guess another way of stating this is can
> > you press the shutter if
> > the crank has not been fully (clock-wise) rotated
> > before returning to the
> > ready position? Could be too a 'quirk' introduced
> > in the newer GX/FX
> > models?
> > Nice pics BTW!
> >
> > On 12/12/05, Carlos Manuel Freaza
> > <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was reading your original post and IMO you are
> > > right, if the film does not advance enough, you
> > > couldn't release the shutter, Richard K is right,
> > > perhaps your camera is needing an adjustment.-
> > >
> > > All the best
> > > Carlos
> > > --- chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx escribió:
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the suggestion. Yes I would have
> > > > certainly aligned the arrows
> > > > correctly. I should emphasise too that out of
> > the 3
> > > > rolls that I shot 2 were
> > > > fine. Will obviously be trying a few more rolls
> > > > (taking care to crank to
> > > > the click) but I think my question may well have
> > > > been better phrased by
> > > > asking is the procedure for next frame advance
> > > > 'idiot proof' - assuming what
> > > > I have described is normal behaviour then it is
> > not.
> > > > And thats fair enough!
> > > >
> > > > On 12/12/05, Carlos Manuel Freaza
> > > > <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you align the arrows in the film paper
> > back
> > > > with
> > > > > the marks in the camera body?. If you did it,
> > then
> > > > I
> > > > > agree with Richard K., your camera is the
> > current
> > > > > Rollei TLR model, however it has an identical
> > film
> > > > > transport mechanism regarding older models
> > like
> > > > the
> > > > > Rolleiflex T. Harry Fleenor did a great job on
> > my
> > > > > 3.5F, the separation between frames is
> > perfect.-
> > > > >
> > > > > All the best
> > > > > Carlos
> > > > > --- chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx escribió:
> > > > >
> > > > > > No question its only a few years old. Does
> > > > everyone
> > > > > > else agree with Richard
> > > > > > on the 'synchronisation' question I posed?
> > > > > > Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 12/11/05, Marc James Small
> > > > > > <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > At 03:01 PM 12/11/05 -0800, Richard
> > Knoppow
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Jerry, it it is an old camera. Of
> > course
> > > > there
> > > > > > are still
> > > > > > > >Rolleis being made but any of the automat
> > > > > > variations will be
> > > > > > > >pretty old. Do you know for certain what
> > > > > > lubricants Rollei
> > > > > > > >was using on these cameras. Note that
> > even
> > > > modern
> > > > > > synthetics
> > > > > > > >do not have an infinite life, for one
> > thing
> > > > thay
> > > > > > can
> > > > > > > >accumulate dirt. In any case, fixing the
> > > > problem
> > > > > > requires
> > > > > > > >opening up the camera.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Richard
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This thread is not about the Automat. It
> > is
> > > > about
> > > > > > the Rolleiflex 2.8FX --
> > > > > > > check out the Subj: line! The FX
> > replaced
> > > > the GX
> > > > > > about a half-decade
> > > > > > > back
> > > > > > > and is in current production. This is a
> > new
> > > > > > camera, just as Jerry has
> > > > > > > been
> > > > > > > saying.
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > > >
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