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Jan Bernhardtz
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 03:21 am: | 
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Hello, I'm new to this forum and I have recently bought an Iskra that is a bit stiff when focusing. I wonder if someone knows how to remove the lens and shutter for cleaning? I can't find any information regarding this. Thanks. |
tim
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 04:41 pm: |
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Hello Jan,
I bought an Iskra too, one year ago.
It is not so hard to go into the camera, just take your screwdrivers and go!
Be carefull with the shutter blades, you should better not dismantle every parts of the shutter,
the most difficult consist in reassembling.
I spent few hours trying to put that together, that's why.
But you can easily remove the lenses and the shutter, clean them, for a quick check up. Remember to adjust the infinity focus at the end of your job.
You can find great articles here to know the good way for basic clean up and adjustments.
The Iskra is a nice camera, I like it.
I'm not sure the lense is so good as I read it in some articles but it's fine anyway. |
Jan Bernhardtz
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 03:09 am: |
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Thanks Tim, I can see four screws from the inside. I guess those are the ones to unscrew to remove the lens and shutter. I'll try that. The shutter seems to be in good shape with correct times. It's only the distance scale that is somewhat stiff. |
tim
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 08:55 am: |
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The four screws are not the good ones!
You have to remove the ring around the lens from the inside belows. This one retains the complete shutter. But before you must unscrew the shutter from the front.(i'm trying to remember...)
Remove all what you can from the front, if the inside ring will not leave the shutter.
What do you mean by "distance scale"?
The rotation of the focusing ring?
I think you can relube it easily... when shutter is out! |
Jan Bernhardtz
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 11:15 am: |
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Yes of course I mean the focusing ring. I have before cleaned and lubricated an Isolette. The procedure with the Iskra should be similar though they don't look the same. I just have to find the right screws. Thanks Tim. |
max
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 04:03 am: |
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Hello everybody,
after purchasing an Iskra on ebay, I discovered that two of the three screws fixing the objective are missing, so it's free to rotate slightly and this makes it far from operating correctly.
I removed the front lens and the two front rings (speeds and apertures) but now there's the shutter covering the area of the missing screws.
Is it possible to remove it without disassembling its parts and how can I do it?
Thanks |
