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Old 29-12-17, 05:28 PM   #4521
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Old 29-12-17, 06:19 PM   #4522
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The Argus is sticking again. I'll tear it down again at some point.
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Old 29-12-17, 07:25 PM   #4523
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Stripped the AF down again. Johnny will know the joy of this all too well.



Shutter is soaking in lighter fluid overnight:

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Haharrrr, yes indeed, be sure you have the oil and grease out of the nooks and crannies or it'll just come back again.

Managed to unjam the Kiev without taking it apart (fiddling and luck) so need to check the focus next. Light meter is an oddity, seems to be basically useless in low light but has some sort of marks on the scale, I need to read the manual to understand what they mean. Also you set the film speed in GOST rating not ISO or even DIN. Actually just found a little converter card in the case, not sure the meter is going to be a lot of use to be honest but need to check it out ion daylight really. The shutter sounds a bit crunchy when winding on, but seems to fire okay. The Contax one sounds nice in its currently-working range of speeds, they're not really quiet though like a leaf shutter. The Kiev seems to sometimes not want to wind on without the shutter being pressed again - it doesn't fire then, but I do wonder if it is all okay. One way to find out!
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You're having a busy day!
World of difference between the Kiev and the 44a. The first and last look really sharp.
The vintage lens adapter for the OMD arrived today. I need to figure out how to set the camera up to make it work first.
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Old 29-12-17, 08:45 PM   #4526
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Johnny, have a look at the shutter button. There are two little dots. I think this is some old school shutter lock and they need to be lined up. My copy doesn't crunch when winding on, doesn't sound healthy. Butkus has a manual online. I had previously split the shutter down to the blades and cleaned them. Just going to give it a soak overnight to be sure.
Yoko, I think you will need to find the "no lens" mode to make it work.
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Old 30-12-17, 09:41 AM   #4527
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Quick one, I spotted the dots in the end, I'd ended up rotating the button at some point, which didn't help!

On t'bay, am going to bid on this 372174887377 shutter is working but slow, also keeping an eye on this 253330619959 been listed once, have asked a load of questions, looks a bit beaten up and short on detail.
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Old 30-12-17, 09:48 AM   #4528
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Get you spotting all the good rangefinders, wouldn't mind one myself. I have got the AF back together and it "seems" ok, I'll leave it sitting for a bit and see. Maybe I didn't dry it off enough. Just read the Ikonta listing, shutter not working. Could be double exposure lock or simply not co-cked.

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Old 30-12-17, 08:23 PM   #4529
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Also saw this
http://www.gumtree.com/p/video-camer...ilm/1281059730
but in Liverpool, looks very nice, combined VF and coupled RF.
Got a reply about the Certo, not much to add to what's in the listing, am thinking on it. Very rare for an RF version to turn up. It has the 64.5 and 6x6 masks though only the former looks original, and there is no knob on the VF to select either format, which mine has (for framing). It's got both sets of red windows though.
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Old 30-12-17, 08:35 PM   #4530
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Why is the lens/shutter off in the picture? Might be worth grabbing it before someone else does! The Certo I mean.

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