Cosina IFBA 35 - Manual

[margou]

Does anyone has the manual of the Cosina IFBA 35? Or any tricks/information you think I should know?
Plus, the spindle is cracked, is there something I could do to solve it?

 

[AgX]

These cameras do not need much of a manual.
What do you need to know?
Maybe someone can hint at a very similar camera and its manual.


A spindle cracked in this way is bad, it may hamper inserting the teeth properly.
Check if film is transported properly and without dents at the perforation.
If fine it likely will get worsen by time...

In case of hampering the transport you may consider glueing the crack with 2-component epoxy or acrylate glue, but taking care that the glue does not run into the interior of the spindle.
In case of the slow curing epoxy you have to hold the crack closed by means of tying a wire around the spindle.

A alternative approach would be cutting/filing off the lower teeth and only let the remaining upper teeth do the transport.

 

[margou]

Thank you very much for your advices!!

I found this camera when I was traveling and I would just like to know as much as I could about it. And, because I don't know much about analog photography, I would like to find the manual. I don't have any doubt for now, I'm just curious.

Thank you again!

 

[Xmas]

It may be one of these?

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/cosina.htm

 

[gone]

This must be Konica C35 clone day. Pretty sure that's what you have. Here's the HTML version of the Konica C35 manual below. The cameras call for 1.35V batteries (hearing aid batteries), but on mine I was able to use a 1.5V button battery and reset the camera's ISO to match my handheld meter. 400 speed film would probably need to be set to 100 ISO, but for whatever reason mine needed to be set to 25 ISO to match correctly. Colour negative film is very forgiving, so it probably isn't that critical.

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/konica/konica_c35/konica_c35.htm

From the pics you posted, it appears that the camera's self timer arm is engaged (the little chrome lever on the bottom front by the lens). Make sure that is working before shooting it w/ film.

 

[margou]

@Xmas I've already been in that website looking for it but unfortunately it's none of those... But thank you! I can't find much information about this camera.

 

[gone]

It doesn't have to match in name. Your camera appears to be a clone of the Konica C35 cameras. Konica sold the rights to many different camera makers. I'm 99% sure that the manual I have linked in my post will work fine for your camera, no matter what name is actually on your camera.

 

[margou]

@momus You're right, they are very similar. Thank you for the link, I'll read that manual as soon as I can. And thanks for the advices, I'll keep them in mind.