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Ericscott
Tinkerer
Username: Ericscott
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 10:59 am: | 
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I'm new to this forum. I bought the Kodak Reflex II TLR. The shutter did not work. With no experience, I took it apart and put it back together. No cleaning or lubing. It now works perfectly. My problem is that I cannot refocus the taking lens. I placed a piece of ground glass against the film rollers. No matter how little or far I screw the taking lens into the shutter, I cannot get it to focus at any distance (infinity to 4 feet). If I pull the GG about 1/8 inch away from the rollers, it will focus. Clearly something is wrong! Film does not rest in space behind the rollers. I use the same technique with my Super Ricohflex and it focuses fine. I did separate the two elements from the taking lens for cleaning and put them back together, but that should have no effect. I enjoy fixing this old camera, but I just cannot figure this one out. It's killing me. |
Charlie
Tinkerer
Username: Charlie
Post Number: 121
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 03:02 pm: |
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Is one element wrong way around? Just a thought. |
Ericscott
Tinkerer
Username: Ericscott
Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 03:38 pm: |
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No, because I would have male to male and female to female threading. It's physically not possible. That thought did occur to me however. |
Ericscott
Tinkerer
Username: Ericscott
Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 03:47 pm: |
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I read at Rick Oleson's website that the Anastar lens on my Reflex II has 3 air spaced elements in front of the diaphram. Are these elements 3 physically separable elements? My lens has 2 physically separable elements. Am I missing one? Just grasping at straws at this point. |
Ericscott
Tinkerer
Username: Ericscott
Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 06:49 pm: |
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Problem solved. I'm an idiot. The taking lens has two physical components. I was rotating both as a unit. They were practically glued to each other. Screwing one component completely into the shutter and rotating the front component solved the problem. I guess this is why the lens is referred to as a font cell focusing lens? Duh. I thought that since the component behind the shutter was fixed, the two components in front rotated together. The fact that they were glued together didn't help things. Now I just have to figure out how to get the viewing and taking lens focused as a unit with that meshed geared mechanism. |
Rick_oleson
Tinkerer
Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 460
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 07:29 pm: |
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If the gears have not been removed from the lenses, try this: After getting the taking lens set correctly to infinity, mark its position (or tape it down to the shutter so it can't turn) and loosen the retaining ring holding the shutter into the body. Shift the shutter assembly downward enough to disengage the gears between the 2 lenses. Now, without disturbing the taking lens, rotate the viewing lens until it focuses on the screen at infinity, and tape it down.
Finally, tighten the shutter back down, remeshing the gears as it settles into place. |
Ericscott
Tinkerer
Username: Ericscott
Post Number: 5
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 09:10 pm: |
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Excellent idea. Thank you Rick. |
