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Post by Stuart Walker on Dec 15, 2012 12:19:31 GMT -5
I've recently acquired a Werra 1 in pieces. I've managed to reassemble the lens, and the shutter seems to work alright, (although the front element of the Tessar isn't all that good), but I am missing the ring that goes between the lens and the shutter speed dial. It has the focussing index and depth of field scales on it I think, looking at photos on the web. Anyone got one in their junk box they could spare, or a complete or incomplete spares camera with the relevant item?
Regards
Stuart Walker
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Post by Stuart Walker on Dec 2, 2012 15:06:24 GMT -5
Hans, do the front elements from the later cameras fit and function, even if not historically correct?
Regards
Stuart
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Post by Stuart Walker on Dec 2, 2012 14:53:21 GMT -5
Thanks for pointing out my error, you are quite correct of course.
Regards
Stuart Walker
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Post by Stuart Walker on Dec 2, 2012 12:49:54 GMT -5
Anyone got a decent Tessar f2.8 45mm front element suitable for a Contaflex Super? (I believe the Prima, 2, 3 and 4 are compatible, not too sure about the later ones). The one on mine looks like it has been sand blasted!
Stuart Walker
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Post by Stuart Walker on Nov 10, 2011 9:04:44 GMT -5
I should have updated this. I removed the base of the camera and found that some of the wires had broken on the back of the remote socket. I managed to work out which went where by using the service manual, although my wire colours were different to those in the manual. I had to trace them back to the circuit board. After resoldering them the remote switch worked.
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Post by Stuart Walker on Oct 10, 2011 16:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by Stuart Walker on Apr 28, 2011 8:31:06 GMT -5
It could be just that the meter needle is stuck. Try giving the camera a hard hit with the palm of your hand to see if it breaks free or moves. By the way mild steel is quite tough and malleable, but relatively soft so it will wear, but it will not break easily. A common problem with these cameras is the plastic film sprocket cracking and the plastic gear that drives the light meter potentiometer. Also the top of the spindle where the wind lever goes is hardened and quite brittle and this often breaks if the wind lever is forced.
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 28, 2011 18:28:50 GMT -5
Yes, it would need some diplomatic wording, you never know how somebody will take it, they might see it as prying into their private lives, or they might be curious. Since they got married in Rhode Island it would certainly fit with the squadron being there from 1951, and presumably still there from 1953 until 1957.
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 28, 2011 17:39:30 GMT -5
A few years ago you couldn't do this sort of thing sitting at a desk in your house. According to the telephone directory his widow is still living at the address. I guess she would be fairly old now. I suppose I could try writing an old fashioned letter to her just to see if her husband was the owner?
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 28, 2011 17:11:52 GMT -5
Well I managed to find this obituary, it could be him. If he died in 2007 then his camera could still be lying around in a local shop, (it was pretty forlorn looking), and he was in the USN from 1953 to 1957, so he could have bought the camera whilst he was in the services. I suppose I'll never know for sure but it's interesting to try and dig out a camera's history. ORRVILLE -- James F. "Chenie" Chenevey, 72, of 1815 Meadow Lane, Orrville, passed away Sunday evening, May 6, 2007. Services will be Thursday, May 10, at 11 a.m., at Auble Funeral Home, 512 East Oak Street, Orrville, with Father Ronald Turek officiating. Burial will take place at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, near Rittman, where military rites will be conducted. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday evening, May 9, from 5-8 p.m. Online registry and expressions of condolence may be left at www.aublefuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be sent to the R.G. Drage Career Center Welding Department, 6805 Richville Drive S.W., in care of treasurer's office, Massillon 44646. Jim was born July 26, 1934, in Orrville, the son of Francis and Catherine (Wilson) Chenevey. He was a 1952 graduate of Orrville High School and later attended Kent State University for two years. He was a lifelong resident of Orrville and Wayne County, only living out of the area from 1953-1957, while he served in the U.S. Navy, serving on the U.S.S. Leyte, during the Korean War. Jim was united in marriage to Marie Giarrusso on July 4, 1955, in Providence, Rhode Island, and enjoyed nearly 52 years together. She survives. Jim had been a welding instructor at the R.G. Drage Career in Stark County for more than 26 years, retiring in 1992. He had helped with the planning and design of the welding department, at the inception of the career center. Previously, he had been a teacher at Fairless High School in Stark County, for four years. He was a member of Frank E. Cook, Post No. 282, Orrville American Legion, where he was a four term commander, and was the commander during the time the legion home was built on East Market Street. He was also a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3446 of Orrville. He had attended St. Agnes Catholic Church, Orrville. Jim had been a past president of the former Orrville Jaycees. "Chenie" was an avid fisherman and hunter, and also enjoyed turtle and mushroom hunting. He especially enjoyed attending activities of his grandchildren. Surviving in addition to his wife, Marie (Giarruso) Chenevey, is a daughter, Denise Chenevey of Orrville; a son, Alan Chenevey of Smithville; a granddaughter, Amy Chenevey of Smithville; a grandson, Drew Chenevey of Smithville; a sister, Mary (Pat) McCoy of Wooster, and a brother, Roger (Sandy) Chenevey of Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his parents, Francis and Catherine Chenevey.
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 28, 2011 16:30:34 GMT -5
I should have Googled VS-32 before posting, its Sea Control Squadron 32 which was commissioned as Air Anti-Submarine Squadron THIRTY TWO (VS-32) in April 1950. Maybe VS-32 went on the world cruise as well as VF-32?
Regards
Stuart
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 28, 2011 16:25:20 GMT -5
Oh, and by the way I picked up the camera in an antique barn on the outskirts of Orrville, Ohio, (home of Smucker's jam, but I'm an engineer who was checking out a JLG telehandler in Orrville). Is the location any help.
Regards
Stuart
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 28, 2011 16:19:52 GMT -5
Thanks guys for the info. I must admit I didn't get very far by Google. The V5 pre-flight program seemed a possibility but it seems they were disbanded at the end of the Second World War, which wouldn't tie in with the serial number date if that is correct. It definitely says ADAN, so I reckon Ron you must be correct, however it isn't an F, but it could be an S not a 5. So would VS-32 identify the squadron?
Thanks
Stuart
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Post by Stuart Walker on Jan 24, 2011 16:50:24 GMT -5
I was in the USA last week and picked up one of those Argus "bricks" for $8. I've cleaned it up so that you can actually see through the glass, and I'll give it a try after stitching the case back together. Anyway in the genuine cow hide case a former owner has written "Chenevey, J.F. Adan V5-32 USN". I'm assuming Mr. J. F. Chenevey was in the US Navy. Am I correct, and if so is Adan the name of a ship, and what do the numbers mean? I'm just curious, and hoping some of you guys in the States could elucidate? By the way from the serial no, 905681, it seems to be of a 1953 vintage.
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Post by Stuart Walker on Dec 10, 2010 12:56:09 GMT -5
I have a KMZ universal turret viewfinder in which the outer prism was badly damaged before I got it, (big chips out of the glass, presumably dropped onto a hard floor). The other smaller prism is not too bad. Would anyone have a spare outer, (long prism nearest to the eyepiece with the roof shape), that you could let me have, from an old scrap viewfinder perhaps, please? I think that there is supposed to be some sort of separator or retaining ring as well? Since this one of the rarer right hand viewfinders I would like to repair it to use on my Kiev.
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