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Author Message   Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 299 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 07:09 pm:    Cock the shutter and then rotate dial to set fastest speed. Do this by feel, ignore the actual figures on dial - if the max speed on dial does not align with datum, loosen set screws and realign dial. Not sure what you actually mean by "the speed selector lines up with a new speed". A/ In a correctly adjusted camera,when you release the shutter at a particular speed, the dial in the uncocked state will show another speed value alongside the datum. If you now recock and release at the same set speed, the speed indicated in the uncocked state will be the same value as in the first instance. You will only get a different value indicated in the uncocked state, if you fire the shutter at a different set speed B/ If the set screws are loose, you will not see the original set speed against the datum line when you keep recocking the shutter and releasing it. In fact it may be impossible to set the correct, wanted speed in the first place. It is possible to change speed when the set screws are loose, the process of moving the dial causes the screws to jam in the groove and allows the inner shaft to be turned. However you will have no visible indication of what speed is actually set. If you have A/, then all is normal. As for the second curtain behavior, I would think the camera would benefit from a little TLC.