Post by Peltigera on Nov 29, 2014 16:55:36 GMT -5
I got bored last week and had a look on Ebay - usually a dangerous thing to do. I ended up with a Kodak Retinette type 013. On arrival, the shutter was jammed solid - someone had tried the self-timer to bad effect. It took me nearly ten minutes of waggling levers to free the shutter which now seems to be working just fine. I currently have a test film in the camera and I will see exactly how well the shutter works once I have developed that. I am waiting for day-light first - we currently have dense murk. I tried the camera yesterday mid-day and it would have needed 1/25 at f/4.5 with 200 ASA film (all I have available)- I can no longer fool myself that can hold a camera steady at 1/25.I
