This is exactly the thing I need for my Ikonta (Novar rather than an Opton-Tessar, mind), in fact there's only one thing wrong with it - I found it three weeks after I did my camera! Gives me confidence to go back and do it properly, though. Oh, and the Retina II you did for me is giving sterling service.
Is that black plate the half moon one that I have seen others refer to in their shutter assembly posts. Great video by the way. I have the exact same camera that I want to work on.
That'll depend on what you think of as 'special' tools. You are going to need some sort of lens spanner wrench, and a crescent wrench certainly won't do the job. I'm not repairing anything other than Retina and Retinette cameras for customers now, sorry.
I have found it impossible to shift the retaining Bakelite ring that holds the shutter in place. Is there anything I can brush over the Bakelite ring where it joins the metal tube that could loosen it. The camera is sixty years old and the Bakelite plastic is brittle.
Thanks for this great video! I have a question about your statement that removing the retard escapement is inadvisable. What makes it so hard to get back in correctly? I have a lens/shutter where really the only problem is the slow speeds, and would like to just remove that subassembly for cleaning and re-lubrication and remove as little else as possible. Would like to know if this is a bad idea. Thanks again!
hi, I just got to this spot in the repair attempt and I can tell you that the retard escapement has holes for the screws bigger than the screws themselves. So it wobbles until you tighten it, presumably to allow for some adjustment of the slow speeds. I now have no idea in what position to put it back... Update: moving the right side of the escapement towards the center of the shutter as far as it went seems to fix my shutter's slow speeds (it wouldn't cock at 1/10 or slower) and now it fires at 1s, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10 and above as before.
This is exactly the thing I need for my Ikonta (Novar rather than an Opton-Tessar, mind), in fact there's only one thing wrong with it - I found it three weeks after I did my camera! Gives me confidence to go back and do it properly, though. Oh, and the Retina II you did for me is giving sterling service.
Happy New Year Chris. May all your problems be of the mechanical kind :).
Thank you so much for sharing
Great video ,thanks
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Is that black plate the half moon one that I have seen others refer to in their shutter assembly posts. Great video by the way. I have the exact same camera that I want to work on.
Watching this with my Nettar 515 in my hand
Can I remove the lens assembly without special tools? And do you do repairs on these cameras?
That'll depend on what you think of as 'special' tools. You are going to need some sort of lens spanner wrench, and a crescent wrench certainly won't do the job.
I'm not repairing anything other than Retina and Retinette cameras for customers now, sorry.
I have found it impossible to shift the retaining Bakelite ring that holds the shutter in place. Is there anything I can brush over the Bakelite ring where it joins the metal tube that could loosen it. The camera is sixty years old and the Bakelite plastic is brittle.
I have never seen a bakelite ring holding a shutter into a camera body, sorry.
Thanks for this great video! I have a question about your statement that removing the retard escapement is inadvisable. What makes it so hard to get back in correctly? I have a lens/shutter where really the only problem is the slow speeds, and would like to just remove that subassembly for cleaning and re-lubrication and remove as little else as possible. Would like to know if this is a bad idea. Thanks again!
hi, I just got to this spot in the repair attempt and I can tell you that the retard escapement has holes for the screws bigger than the screws themselves. So it wobbles until you tighten it, presumably to allow for some adjustment of the slow speeds. I now have no idea in what position to put it back... Update: moving the right side of the escapement towards the center of the shutter as far as it went seems to fix my shutter's slow speeds (it wouldn't cock at 1/10 or slower) and now it fires at 1s, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10 and above as before.
I have the same issue!