Hello Richard:
The ground glass holder is right and it's working fine.
The film/plate holder number 3 lost the back lever, it's very significant
for the film/plate holder working, this lever is used to handle the metal
plate carrier with four springs where you place the glass plate or the
sheath with the film sheet; pulling this lever compresses the springs and
the film cover/slide can be placed, it is necessary to exert a significant
force with the lever to overcome the resistance of the springs. Once the
flat film holder is in the camera, the film cover/slide is removed and the
springs push the metal plate containing the film to the focal plane with a
turn of the mentioned lever, the back of the holder has a slot special by
which the lever slides back and forth. After taking the photo, again you
need to retract the metal plate with the film by pulling the lever to place
the film cover/slide. The lever is attached to the back of the holdert by a
hinge mechanism and this was broken, leaving the lever separated from the
film holder, I do not think this can have a firm and durable fix,
Anyway, I can use the film holder number 3 using the film cover /slide to
compress the springs in the dark bag and retiring it to place the film on
the focal plane, but in this case I must use it last and download it into
the dark bag directly from the camera; I did it once and it's double work,
two film holders are enough to my needs. Thank you for the interest and
question.
Carlos
El sáb, 15 may 2021 a las 14:32, `Richard Knoppow (<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:
Is it the holder or the ground glass adaptor that is broken?
If the ground glass adapter is it the ground glass? Perhaps it
can be replaced. I am out of touch about camera repair materials
these days but surely ground glass should be available somewhere.
Cutting it is not difficult, I use a carbide scriber.
On 5/15/2021 2:27 AM, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
Last Saturday I took this second photograph with the 3,5F and
film sheet Ilford FP4+ ISO 125 6,5x9cm and the Rollei Plate
adapter for a 6x6 picture;
The RPA set has a third film holder (and the ground glass
insert), but mine is broken.
The man was hopeful...
https://flic.kr/p/2kYmUfw ;<https://flic.kr/p/2kYmUfw>
Carlos
El dom, 9 may 2021 a las 6:06, CarlosMFreaza
(<cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>>) escribió:
It was yesterday a nice day here and I took photographs
with the Rolleiflex 3,5F Planar and the Ilford FP4 ISO 125,
6,5x9 cm film sheets attaching theRollei Plate adapter to
the camera. This is a fun and challenging way to take
snapshots because you know you only get one shot:
https://flic.kr/p/2kXtzHr ;<https://flic.kr/p/2kXtzHr>
Carlos
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