Post by photax on Sept 26, 2009 14:13:55 GMT -5
Hello !
Over the years i had bougt three of these Dacoras for almost nothing. Two of them were defective and one almost completely damaged ( but with all of the release button covers / they were just snapped-on and often got lost ). I`ve never seen a working one, which may be blamed on the cheap plastic parts. During the last week, i disassembled them for the working parts ( especially for the unbroken crown gear and gear wheel that will focus the front lens ) and rebuilt a functioning one.
The camera was introduced 1960 by Dacora Germany ( also sold with Ilford and Hanimex brand ) and has a special feature: 4 release buttons for 4 distances ( probably therefore the 4D in the name ), which are shown by symbols: landscape, group, person and portrait. As you press the release button, the lens will rotate by a gear wheel mechanism to the proper distance. I dont know if this is ingenious, or simply absurd ?
Greetings from Austria,
MIK
Over the years i had bougt three of these Dacoras for almost nothing. Two of them were defective and one almost completely damaged ( but with all of the release button covers / they were just snapped-on and often got lost ). I`ve never seen a working one, which may be blamed on the cheap plastic parts. During the last week, i disassembled them for the working parts ( especially for the unbroken crown gear and gear wheel that will focus the front lens ) and rebuilt a functioning one.
The camera was introduced 1960 by Dacora Germany ( also sold with Ilford and Hanimex brand ) and has a special feature: 4 release buttons for 4 distances ( probably therefore the 4D in the name ), which are shown by symbols: landscape, group, person and portrait. As you press the release button, the lens will rotate by a gear wheel mechanism to the proper distance. I dont know if this is ingenious, or simply absurd ?
Greetings from Austria,
MIK
