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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 8, 2015 11:35:03 GMT -5
I took the bottom cover of the 'spare' SL35 off, nothing appeared to be amiss, but due to the layers of interlocking parts inside I am not going to take anything more apart. The shutter button was sticking down, which prevented anything from happening. So, what I did was to give a very short squirt of contact cleaner down the body, close to the hinge end. The result was that the shutter, lever wind and mirror started to work in sequence, but slowly. I left the bottom plate off for a few minutes for the cleaner to evaporate and put the bottom plate back on. The shutter then jammed open with the mirror up preventing any more testing. So I shall just leave it alone.
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 7, 2015 5:16:36 GMT -5
Thank you Stephen. The camera has arrived, it is quite good cosmetically, but the shutter, wind-on and mirror are all out of synch. Will have a look inside later.
Incidentally, whilst I was looking on ebay a grey (gray!) Baby Rolleiflex 4 x 4 in what looked like good condition appeared on the screen as a buy-it-now. I thought 'that looks cheap'. As I owned one in about 1963-1965 I contemplated it, then somebody bought it, all within about 5 minutes!
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 6, 2015 11:42:15 GMT -5
I have just bought a 'spares or repairs' Rolleiflex SL35 in not too bad cosmetic condition. It apparently has a stuck mirror. I am going to take the top cover off, and prepared to delve further, see what goes on inside. If I can learn something I will be quite happy. If I get it working to any level mechanically - it will be a bonus. In any case I will have a supply of spare parts - for £3.20 I do not have to worry.
I have looked on YouTube but couldn't find anything about this camera. I know that books on the subject are available, but they are too expensive for me.
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 4, 2015 7:17:35 GMT -5
It appears that Poundland are discontinuing the £1 film anyway. I'm off to the nearest shop to see if they have any left!
Bought ten rolls yesterday, should see me through next year!
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 4, 2015 5:07:42 GMT -5
I have just opened the latest box of Agfa Vista 24 exposure from Poundland and to my surprise the cassette is coloured purple with no manufacturers name on. Next to the barcode on the cassetteis a number 306253. I wonder what it is, and if it is an Agfa (Fuji) product? I am not going to use it yet. The barcode on the box is 4 250255 102899. Date 2017/11 C72339 on box. Not Agfa? Not Fuji?
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 4, 2015 4:22:23 GMT -5
There is a well known courier service in the UK that I have had problems with. The first box with a camera in that arrived with them was wet. The second was wrapped in a dustbin liner (responsibility of the sender) but looked as if it had been lying around in a builders truck covered in dust and sand. The third was in a damaged cardboard box that had greasy marks all over it. So, I will not use them to send items and hope that sellers do not. (Although they have improved in recent months.) It annoys me when people (sellers) state that the delivery service is 'Royal Mail First class' and you pay a premium price for postage and it arrives by cheap courier. When I bought my main camera, a nearly new Nikon D5200, the sender got caught out. I had paid for first class signed for by Royal Mail but it did not arrive, when I questioned it he said that the postman couldn't find my address. I live about 400 yards from the sorting office and one of my postmen is a neighbour so I knew that was a lie. When the camera eventually arrived it had been packed in a fibrous powder, like sawdust, luckily the camera was sealed in a polythene bag. Sellers!
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 3, 2015 9:51:53 GMT -5
My wife had a Nikon EM from about 1985-1995, I used it from time to time. Then I was using a Canon AE - 1 followed by a Minolta 9000. I had used various Nikons on a photographic course, in about 1980 FE & FM I think, I liked them a lot and thought them to be top cameras that I couldn't afford at the time. I never considered our Nikon EM to be a very good, reliable camera.
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 3, 2015 9:37:18 GMT -5
Hansz, are the lever winds of your SL 35's very stiff to operate? When my camera was delivered it was very cold, the lever was quite hard to use. As it warmed to room temperature it was slightly easier. I am concerned that with a film in, it might strain the workings. There is a camera mechanic living nearby, I wondered if I should get him to open it up?
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 2, 2015 6:45:13 GMT -5
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Post by yashica1943 on Dec 2, 2015 5:38:47 GMT -5
I mentioned elsewhere that I had bought a Voigtlander Color-Skoparon 28mm with a QBM mount off an ebay seller who hadn't bothered to describe it properly. So I then needed a camera to mount it on. Last Sunday, on ebay, I was trying to choose between three Rolleiflex SL 35 - two were Singapore built and this one was German and appeared to be in better condition than the first black SL35E that was closing at 8 pm. I watched that one and the bidding went right past the figure I was prepared to pay, more than double in fact. And that one was not pristine with scuffs on the base and a RUSTY screw! This made me quite sure that the second German made Rollei was going to go astronomical 40 minutes later so I sniped it at the last second with the absolute top amount that I thought was nearly 'sensible'. I bought this one at £16 less than the Singapore version, which I thought was a good buy because the German built ones are said to be more reliable. The second SL35 M went for a more sensible £34 nine minutes later.. The camera arrived today, it is absolutely immaculate, the only fault that I can see at the moment is that the film wind lever is a bit stiff. It has a very clean f 1.8 Planar lens. I assume that the lack of hotshoe might have counted against it? Or the lack of a black finish?
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 30, 2015 4:31:41 GMT -5
My favourite at the moment is 'Rare USSR rangefinder camera -Kiev 4'
Also those sellers that say. 'Condition' see photograph (s). I'm sorry, but I haven't got X-Ray eyes and I want a written description so that if it doesn't work I can contest it! or (and I really hate this.) 'What you see is what you get!' - Why would you buy anything from this seller!
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 28, 2015 5:52:33 GMT -5
I thought I would have a look at the 'Black Friday' sites for 35mm and 120 film. I couldn't find any bargains. The cheapest Agfa Vista 24mm stock that I could find was at about £2.30 for one, which shows what a bargain the Poundland one is!
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 27, 2015 14:50:18 GMT -5
I have been looking at Rolleiflex SLR's on ebay in the last few days. One seller has put one on at a vastly exorbitant price, not only that but he is showing the camera (Singapore made model) and lens when only the lens is available. One picture is a library picture and in the other, the model name has obviously been picked out in gold or yellow paint. The postage is stated as £10 by courier, Hermes, when it will cost far less than that. One to avoid especially at £65!
Eventually I was looking at three Rolleiflex SL 35's tonight. I bought a nice clean SL 35 with a f 1.8 Planar lens made in Germany. I thought that this model is supposed to be more reliable and better quality than the SL35E and similar made in Singapore? 40 minutes earlier, a SL35E manufactured in Singapore with a scratched baseplate and a dodgy looking rusty screw went for £16 more than I paid for 'mine'. And I see that f1.8 Planars are quite desirable.
Having thought about this, I can only think that buyers have not researched this camera, possibly the black finish camera with the rounded pentaprism cover looks more attractive? And the lack of a hot shoe is probably the most important thing? Or not. Interesting.
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 25, 2015 8:27:39 GMT -5
I have noticed a lot of lenses on ebay that are now described as '49mm Vivitar or 55mm Hoya' because the seller hasn't a clue that the lens and filter are two separate items. look into the picture and you will find a Pentax or Olympus, for example, 50mm hiding behind a filter. Also some older cameras are being called by the name of their shutter or lens only, the lack of research can only benefit the inqisitive collector I suppose. . And when did a lens become a 'lense' !!!
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 24, 2015 11:09:21 GMT -5
Eventually I pictured the Nikon and the lenses together. The Sekonic lightmeter has gone to a good home. I know they are useful but I rarely use flash.
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