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. > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > > > > > > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ 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