Recent content by Elmarc

I did not realise you already had the Industar 1-22 50. I'm sure that will serve you just as well on the Leica.

You may want to take into account that any lens bigger than the Elmar will encroach into the viewfinder, which means using a external viewfinder in the cold shoe if it bothers you. For me, external viewfinders ruin the compactness of the early Leicas. I used a IIIa with an Elmar 50 3.5 for years...

Thank you Dan I will attempt this asap and report back.

Thank you Dan, I have been firing the camera without and without film to try and replicate the problem while keeping an eye in the shutter blades at the point of exposure. They seem snappy and open every time. I will try your method also. Much easer than having to re-spool the film back onto...

Thank you, The forward/back wind sequence locks as usual so that the lever cannot travel until the shutter is fired. However, once the shutter is depressed and nothing happens the lever is free to move again. If I could replicate the fault it would be obvious which one of the 2 scenarios it is...

Thank you Brian, very helpful. I just skimmed the posts but will read in greater depth later.

Yes Laurent, that sounds a lot like what I experienced. Were you able to advance the film/re-cock even though you theoretically did not expose a frame? I presume so as you finished the roll.

Yes, of course developing the roll will be next even though there was clearly a fault which will almost certainly result in blank frames. At this point I am trying to replicate that fault.

It happened randomly and on just the last roll. As the camera had been loaded for some time I initially thought that I had already taken one photo and not wound on, but the fault occurred again at around frame 5 and then frame 11. So I am presuming frames 1,5 and 11 will be blank. I did wonder...

Yes, I am very familiar with the quirks of old cameras from a user if not technical standpoint and will continue to use it. However, I have been able to replicate certain faults in the past with various other cameras but not this time. Lets see what happens on the next roll..

Hi Dan, What I mean is by 'the shutter will not fire' is that the button can be depressed all the way through its travel without firing just as it can before the film is advanced/shutter cocked. So if you can imagine the sequence of events: Advance film Go to fire shutter but the button acts as...

Hello all I recently experienced an intermittent fault with my Rolleiflex Automat whereby on some occasions the shutter will not fire after advancing the film. If I advance the film again the shutter will fire. It's as if the camera/shutter is in uncocked mode. It happened three times during...

Map reader. Rolleiflex Automat Tri-X

I don't use a 30 watt sodium bulb so I could not say for sure. I would presume that as long as the paper is not directly under the light then that should be fine. I wash my prints in a small bathroom with a small 12x12 inch frosted window. I consider that to be subdued light depending on the...

Agreed. And sometimes it comes out better than what you saw.