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     Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 40 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
Thought you might have had an answer by now. If you have found a rewind button on the base of your model Kiev 35, then there are no other 'magic' levers/actions to instigate rewind - the rewind function wants cleaning and setting up properly. On certain 'marks' (forget which) you have to rotate the base release catch to align with a red dot. This/these models do not have a button in the base. Simple test. If you find the sprocket shaft rotates freely when the button is pressed, then the tension in the take-up spool is too great. The film will not cause the spool to rotate as it is rewound. I do not think the spool shaft is fitted with a clutch mechanism, just a simple tension mechanism. However I stand to be corrected, by those more knowledgeable in the workings of this family of Kiev cameras. |