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Post by Peltigera on Nov 28, 2013 7:03:05 GMT -5
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Nov 28, 2013 7:21:03 GMT -5
The Balda Baldina has a curious wind on, and can appear totally jammed, you have to manually "release" each frame as well as cocking the shutter.
Models vary in detail with Balda, but usually there is a tab to pull or raise, next to the wind on knob, or the whole wind on knob is pulled upwards, to release the wind on mechanism and counter.
Welta also used a similar system on their early 35mm mechanisms, and I suspect that it was not designed to be awkward, which it is, but to get around Leica and Zeiss patents on 35mm transports.
Odd ideas on 35mm cameras were often the result of skating around patents. I bought a couple of the Balda's earlier last year, and they work well, the lenses, if clean, give pretty good results.
Stephen.
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Post by Stephen on Nov 28, 2013 7:26:50 GMT -5
Looking at the pictures, it is the tab next to the wind on knob, with the smaller knob, the tab slides and releases the small knob, which is usually pulled, and that releases the wind on to the next frame. The tab was meant to prevent accidental release. I have seen examples where the small button moves sideways as well, and Welta used a press down copy of the arrangement. Stephen
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Post by Peltigera on Nov 28, 2013 7:52:29 GMT -5
I assumed that knob was for rewinding the film. just had a fiddle - and, yes, that knob releases the wind-on. Need to release it before winding the film, though, or it will wind for ever.
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Post by Peltigera on Nov 29, 2013 10:38:09 GMT -5
Got a film loaded (Poundland Agfa Vista+) and have been out taking photos. Film advance is a bit of a faff but quite do-able. Very small viewfinder eyepiece means I have to take my glasses off to use the camera and then I cannot see. So, 24 random pictures coming up!
The hardest part to use is the shutter release - Balda have put an extension onto the Compur release lever and it travels rather a long way before tripping the shutter.
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Post by Stephen on Nov 29, 2013 10:38:21 GMT -5
It doubles up as the release for re-winding as well........Few of these early models have exactly the same arrangements, they were obviously playing around with the design, like the bottom wind on, which was definitely used there to get around a Leica patent. Stephen
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Post by Peltigera on Nov 29, 2013 10:45:39 GMT -5
Mine rewinds without needing to press anything - not necessarily the way it was designed, of course.
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