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Author Message   Gary Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 11:34 pm:    I believe you will need to have film in the camera; otherwise, to dry fire the shutter: remove back and spin the film sprocket with your fingers to manually cock the shutter. There should be some downloads on the Internet for the similar Kodak 35 or similar model with rangefinder. You might also search Internet for sites that describe Kodak 35 & 35 RF in detail. Anastigmat Special lens was initially the best option (prior to coated lenses) with its 4 elements. Kodak 35 RF also had the similar but coated (Lumenized) 4 element Anastar lens from about 1946. Kodak 35 was apparently made from 1938 until 1948 minus a few war years(?). I should think the Kodak 35 will have coated lenses from at least 1946. I'm sure others in this forum will correct me if I have provided any incorrect information.