Thanks guys for the continued interest... just to clarify in my case, yes I too need to return the crank (the 'backward' motion) fully to get a shutter press however the prior forward/ clockwise motion does not need to have been completed (i'm repeating myself so I better stop!) On 12/14/05, Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > escribió: > > The backward motion does nothing. It is a > > convenience to be able to have the crank back a the > > neutral postion where it can be folded down if > > desired.... > > Richard, with due respect,I disagree with you on this > point completely, the backward motion allows to > release the shutter; if you don't do this backward > motion till the stop you can't release the shutter, > except if your film transport mechanism is wrong. > > All the best > Carlos > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > 1GB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam > Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo > http://correo.yahoo.com.ar > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > >