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From: <chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 5:56 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: 2.8FX shutter cock and film
advance 'synchronisation'
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!
I am not sure of the winding and metering arrangement in
the FX. In a Rolleicord or Standard Rolleiflex the start
position is determined either by the arrows or by a red
window where the numeral 1 is set. The metering is done by a
lever with a toothed wheel on it. The displacement of the
lever is what controls the spacing. This is also true of the
Rolleiflex. If the start mark is misaligned it should affect
only the position of the first frame, not frame spacing.
Some auto-stop cameras do not meter the film, they assume
an average increase in diameter of the take up spool as the
film is wound. Examples are the roll film adaptors for
Graphic and Graflex cameras. I think the Ikonta and
Super-Ikonta also use this system. On these mis-setting the
start mark may result in the spacing becoming progressively
wider or narrower but in no case will it result in an
overlap or a large variation from frame to frame.
Even though this is a relatively new camera I still think
something is cocked up in the wind mechinism.
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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