Recent content by jayzedkay

Thanks for all the replies. I have it sorted now. Tel was on the money, it appears to have 'rotated' out of alignment. Must have been when i replaced the cocking-ring. I put it back in the correct position. now the cocking-ring-tab tensions it, when the speed-selector is at 200 and the speed-cam...

The shutter started acting up on my ZI Donata, after semi-dismantling it appeared to be the cocking-ring binding around the main body. Seeing that it was part dismantled i put the lot into a small tub full of IPA, not the hoppy beer, but 90 odd % iso-alcohol. That tub went into the ultrasonic...

Now this is ingenious. It solves the problem of septum obstructing insertion of the slide. And it holds the septum flat, parallel within the holder. I took a needle-file to the lower-corners and squared them off. Process took some coating off at the very corner-tips, but I guess I can...

Thanks for the input. The way i see it, the septum will be held at a very acute angle. Marginally lower at the base of the septum compared to epen-edge. At the base it's held down under two little pressed-deformations in the holder that originally the plate went under. So septum is held at full...

On recently acquiring a 9x12 Donata, I bought some repro-reptums to go with the septumless plate-holders that came with the camera. I bought them from Alternative Photography Supplies in poland, see link below. https://www.alternativephotographicsupplies.com/Negative-insert-septum-9x12-cm-p125...

Thanks for the responses. blee', good idea about the cardboard. I'd read about folks doing this in absence of holders, but it hadn't entered my mind. I have acess to a 3D printer and considered playing around with printing a septum? I'm sure there is a design already out there to download? I've...

Hi, I have loitered on here recently and before as APUG forum, but not really that active. I just casually mess about with vintage/classic cameras. I got into 'folders' some years ago with a couple of ikontas, i can't recall the exact models a late coupled 6x6 and a uncoupled 6x9. My only other...