Recent content by LeoAokma

Lol that's the reason I don't want to contact Germany factory anymore. I'm also tired of resolving problems on my own... At least I got the focusing unit working with the help of my friend... The thing now is to resolve the terrible but random light leaks and recalibrate the focus.🙃

Thank you for the info. My first 6060 back had a broken gear inside and it took me half a year to get it repaired from Germany (w/ warranty). Then I bought a new 4560... My leak looks like this, which is far more servere than yours. I think the reason might come from the connection between the...

The Germany factory is taking too much time.... Maybe you can try to unscrew four little screws on the back of the body, and re-install that contact panel. I don't know whether this can be reproduced. At least for now I never encounter the problem.... But the stripe-shape light leak and...

Applying force to the back also works for me, temporarily... I asked around during these days. I got a Chinese friend who used to be one staff in the Rollei repairing center in China. He told me that these problem happened frequently. They told me it's cheap and easy to get these cameras fixed...

Thank you for the advice. I searched for the difference of silver oxide and lithium. The silver one can have a better low-temp performance. But then I found when the problem occured, if I apply a force to the back to make it hold firmly to the camera, the communication can go through...

Has anyone ever encountered film back communication failures? I'm living in New England and I found that as the temperature goes lower, the film back sometimes is not responding to the shutter. After a shutter release, the film back won't forward. If I put the bar all the way down, the camera...