Close "Vorsprung durch Technik". I actually don't use 6x9 very often, as it is some kind of overkill anyway ... but if, my Zeiss Super Ikonta will do the job

But I recently appreciated the pretty exotic format on my Bencini Koroll. It's taking pictures at 3x4.5 on 120 film. That's not a bad deal. I can get 24 pictures out of one film and it provides a larger angle of view at the same DOF and standard lens then on 35 mm film. Mmmh ... complicated sentence ... hahaha ... but I guess, you know, what I mean.

Thanks so much Mickey !!! I have been a little bit busy recently. So this project needs to become a little bit postponed ... and frankly speaking, I need some guts as well, if I look at the scheme of this shutter ... hahaha ... looks complicated like a watch

That's me ... but I tell you secret: I don't even have a driver licence for bikes I am just posing and one of the girls of this biker club took the picture ;D



Hahaha ... it had a few leaks. I could fix it, but the focus is difficult on that one. The bellows need to snap into an end position and that doesn't really work on my camera anymore. I worked on some solutions for that, but in the end, the focus on this actually quite simple constructed camera is too difficult to predict. It just works, if the lens is pretty much stopped down. I have better working 6x9 cameras ... so, I haven't had much motivation for using it very often.

... and no glue, which is hardening in a second or so. I killed one Canonet with that The mirror has been loose and I wanted to glue it again. I couldn't fix it in the perfect position directly, the glue became hard immediately, the mirror couldn't be moved anymore ... and that has been the end

The list of possible mistakes while repairing a rangefinder seems to be endless ... so don't be too sad, if it doesn't work the first time. I also have been stupid enough to crash one mirror, because the adjustment screw was so close to it. I tilt it just a little bit while looking through the rangefinder for adjusting it ... and crack
On another camera, the screws have been already so rotten, that it literary dissolved into pieces.

Good luck

Besides that, the Konica EEmatic is one of my favorite cameras. If rangefinder and light meter are working, it's a very usable camera, capable of taking excellent pictures. I mostly use it as a "walk around camera" when being too lazy for manual settings. The "electric eye" automatic works surprisingly well and it's a camera, which is fun to use. Here a few pictures, I took with mine:
www.lomography.com/homes/berndtotto/albums/1830213-konica-ee-matic

Looks exactly like my Konica EEmatic, except the silver lens. So "S" seems to stand for "silver".

The rangefinder on my camera is still working excellent, so I haven't been in the need for adjusting it yet ... but the first thing, I would do is ... removing the top cover. Haven't tried it yet, but I would guess, that the advance lever needs to be removed for that. When you will have removed it, please post some pictures of the "inner things" again. There are mostly two scews inside ... one for the horizontal and one for the vertical adjustment. If you go for it, do it very slowly and carefully.

In general, you put the camera on a tripod, focus the lens to infinity and move the two screws until the pictures in the rangefinder will match again. Also check, if some mirrors are loose. Rangefinder adjustments on old camera can be a very difficile thing. Take you time with it.

BTW, how is the selenium meter ? Still working ? In low light, the shutter should be blocked and a red dot will appear in the viewer window. Do a simple test. At ASA 100, the shutter should move at daylight, but it should block inside a room at low light.

I can imagine that. Wuppertal is a special area. This narrow long valley, often raining. I always felt some kind of claustrophobia, being there ... much more than in Tokyo with all the many people ... hahaha ...

Yes. I actually lived there until moving to Japan. ME stands for "Kreis Mettmann". I lived in Hilden and even it is actually closer to Duesseldorf than to Mettmann, it belongs to the "Kreis Mettmann". Mettmann is an really boring small town of no importance ... or wait, it's actually very famous, but just for one thing. The first prehistoric human, the "Neandertaler" has been found there. Mettmann lies in a valley, called "Neandertal".



A very lovely lady indeed. Unfortunately, I have been to young and wild for being able to appreciate this at that time, as I should have had.