Thanks to all for the help and links. As I noted, the frames are in fact overlapping. The reason for this could be the Henry information, which I had previously heard from other sources, or it could be a simple as Austin says, and just warming it up and loosening it up will cure, or alleviate, the condition. It is a warm springish day here in eastern Massachusetts, and the camera is sunning itself discreetly.
The focus problem sounds as if it would take a technician to repair or adjust, and my tests show that the near focus is about ten inches behind the indicated focus. In other words, the subject the camera indicates is in focus is actually about ten inches too close. Not good for portraits.
Now I have had it to a technician, maybe it should go back. Or not. I'll do another test in the next day or two. Thanks again. Bill Austin Franklin wrote:
Hi Marc, I'd have to concur with you on this. In the more than a decade I've been using Super Ikontas (I probably have 30 or more of them...), I've only run into film spacing issues with cameras that needed the "sludge" cleaned out of the film advance mechanism. Once I've done that, or heated it up and worked it in as I previously suggested, they have always work perfectly...and they are superb cameras IMO. Biggest issue I've seen with Super Ikontas is bad focusing. This is caused by someone who doesn't know what they are doing putting the front element assembly back on not realizing (or caring) that it has multiple helical threads, so it can be screwed in some, I believe, 6 different "ways". Regards, Austin-----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:21 PM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Ikonta Film Spacing was Fuji/Bessa folder rangefinder. At 09:45 AM 4/9/2009, Jan Decher wrote:The negative overlap is the achilles heal of the more advanced Super Ikontas with todays films. Here is what Henry Scherer wrote to me after he had done a full overhaul of my Synchro Compur BX (1 1/2year wait!): Jan This is yet another example of Henry's bloviating. There just is no film spacing issue with Super Ikontas. Our own Austin Franklin is one of the more experienced students of the breed, and we have a number of others over on the Zeiss Ikon Collectors' Group, and nary a discussion on film spacing have we had in over a decade of fairly intensive discussions about Super Ikontas over there. For that matter, I own two Prewar Super Ikonta B's which I regularly shoot with modern emulsions and with chromes. Never had a spacing problem of any kind. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- 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--- 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
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