    
chris burck
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 01:35 am: | 
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i had mistakenly thought that the helicoid on my himatic 9 had siezed up due to the lubricant being eaten away. so i started to open up the camera so i could clean it (the helicoid) and relubricate it.
but then, after pulling the front plate but before actually dismantling the lens/helicoid assembly, the helicoid was suddenly turning freely again. it's still not working properly, though, because now it only turns as far as the 4 ft mark (the minimum distance marking is 3ft).
now, i had alread pulled, and then reinstalled, the front plate in the process of cleaning the shutter. my guess is that when i replaced te front plate, i did something (shearing stress?) which caused it to lock up. but now that it's freed up, i don't understand what could be preventing it from focusing down to its minimum.
any help? |
