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Brooklynlight
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Username: Brooklynlight
Post Number: 1
Registered: 08-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 01:34 am: | 
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I recently bought a pre-war Ensign Autorange 220 in an on-line auction. It turned up in pretty rough condition, and when I took the top cover off to clean the view finder I found that the rangefinder optics and mechanism were missing. I would like to try and reconstruct the rangefinder but I've had no luck finding any images of this detail and I wondered if anyone reading this might be able to help. If someone could post a picture taken from above with the rf cover removed this would really help. I'm also keen to see a shot taken up and under the range finder from the bellows side as there must be a lever on a post that works from the upper linkage arm. All there is on my camera is a hole under a spring where a post would have gone through to the rangefinder. I've done a lot of looking online but nothing I've found has shown this area in any detail.I hope this isn't to much of a big ask, perhaps there is someone somewhere who has a 220 in pieces.
Cheers, and many thanks.
Ian |
Baldini
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Username: Baldini
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2011 - 04:49 am: |
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Yesterday i got my second Ensign 220 Autorange and have carefuly cleaned the viewfinder.
Here are some pictures.
Cheers.
Chris |
Brooklynlight
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Username: Brooklynlight
Post Number: 5
Registered: 08-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 - 05:47 am: |
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Hi Chris
Thank you for posting the excellent pictures of your autorange 220 with the top removed. After taking a very long hard look at them I have decided not to attempt to reconstruct the rangefinder but I will use it as it is and guess the distances. Thanks again for taking the trouble to post, I think it is really amazing how people help each other on this forum and I hope that i will be able to help someone else sometime.
Cheers, Ian |
