BTW, this is the MX manual I was looking, page 15 shows the shutter release very clearly and both threads: http://www.cameramanuals.org/rolleiflex/rolleiflex_automat.pdf Carlos --- El sáb 3-ene-09, Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > De: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleipistol, -fix and -meter > Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fecha: sábado, 3 de enero de 2009, 11:51 am > OK Richard, thank you, that coincides 100% with my > description, I only was not sure about the external thread > would accept a Leica cable release too. MX came from factory > provided with the Deckel/Compur or "universal" > cable release thread used up to today for electronic > cameras, whatever the shutter brand. > Perhaps it would easier today to obtain the Leica type > cable release than the dedicated piece for the universal > thread cable release.- > > Carlos > > > --- El sáb 3-ene-09, Richard Knoppow > <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > > > De: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Manuel > > Freaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 7:27 PM > > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleipistol, -fix and > -meter > > > > > > I'm afraid your description could be the evidence > your > > 3.5A MX shutter release button lost a piece like I > > suspected. I'm seeing a close-up about the MX > front > > panel and the shutter release button has the regular > inner > > thread for cable release clearly.This is a piece > something > > similar regarding the socket for the flash cord, > however the > > diameter is smaller; I think your camera has the > little tube > > or cylinder(it's a part of the shutter release > button!) > > where this piece is screwed, the little tube has an > external > > thread, and then your camera does not have the bigger > piece > > that secrewed in the little tube contains the thread > for the > > cable release, I also have the 3.5 A MX exploded view > in the > > Rollei Technical Report and can see the parts > according I > > described them, anyway I could be interpreting > something > > wrong, but I don't believe it; the 3.5A MX did not > have > > registered variations for export. > > If your camera has a little tube or cylinder like > shutter > > release button (similar regarding newer models > buttons, > > except for the external thread) and it does not have a > round > > bigger piece with the inner thread for the cable > release, > > your camera lost this last part. > > The problem looks like your camera has the part > 04302.00.0 > > lacking the part 04313.00.0.- > > > > Carlos > > > > > > My MX will take either a standard Deckel cable > release > > or an external thread Leica release. The shutter > release > > button has a threaded socket for the Deckel release > and an > > overall thread for the Leica type release. Its a good > idea > > to use the button lock when using either type. The > shutter > > button has a small shaft inside. If its missing the > Deckel > > type cable release will not be able to trip the > shutter > > unless it has an unusually long shaft. > > Automats built before synchronized shutters were > used > > have a cable release socket on the right bottom corner > > (facing the camera), this is for the Deckel type > release. > > This location was used later for the flash cable > socket. > > The Deckel type release "plug" has a > tapered > > thread. There is another type of cable release, the > Kodak > > type, which has straight threads. On some cameras > there can > > be a problem when threading one type into the other. > Kodak > > threads are found on Kodak and Ilex shutters, most > others > > have Deckel threads. > > > > -- > > Richard Knoppow > > Los Angeles, CA, USA > > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > > 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 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > ¡Buscá desde tu celular! > > Yahoo! oneSEARCH ahora está en Claro > > http://ar.mobile.yahoo.com/onesearch > --- > 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 Yahoo! 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