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Post by John Farrell on Oct 26, 2023 5:42:27 GMT
these, made from December 1964 to January 1966.  |
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Post by andy on Oct 26, 2023 10:43:42 GMT
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Post by nickr on Oct 26, 2023 14:50:56 GMT
I've had a IV F for many years - indeed it was briefly my main camera after my (first) MTL3 was stolen in 1987, until I bought my (first) BX20. Pretty similar to the V F, except no instant return mirror. That Fresnal screen from the name is about the brightest SLR screen I've ever used. Very decent build quality, so much better than the Nova series that followed. Oh, and my IV F is the same age as me, which is quite nice. |
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Post by zou on Oct 26, 2023 17:32:20 GMT
Can you get that on the NHS?
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Post by gray1720 on Oct 26, 2023 17:37:45 GMT
That's quite a looker, John!
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 26, 2023 17:45:02 GMT
The VF may be rare, but it isn't valuable. |
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 26, 2023 17:48:27 GMT
That's quite a looker, John! This is another camera that needs attention. I lubed the shutter shafts, which stopped the annoying squeak when it was wound, but the slow speeds don't work. The escapement is under the bottom plate, which is a fiddle to remove, but once that's off the fix is easy. |
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Post by andy on Oct 26, 2023 17:56:02 GMT
The VF may be rare, but it isn't valuable. Neither is my old bike. Was recently chatting to a guy that got one with all the original components for £320. |
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Post by gray1720 on Oct 26, 2023 18:05:04 GMT
That's quite a looker, John! This is another camera that needs attention. I lubed the shutter shafts, which stopped the annoying squeak when it was wound, but the slow speeds don't work. The escapement is under the bottom plate, which is a fiddle to remove, but once that's off the fix is easy. You are bolder than me, John, delving into SLRs viscera. I think I have two projects for the winter, plus a liquid insulting tape job that I don't think really counts, which are a Retinette 022 and a Retinette 1B. The former is a hangover from last winter, I am awaiting a Chris Sherlock tutorial on that as apparently he has a little heap of 022s needing attention. The 1B I was given as spares for one I, frankly, bodged but was too nice to sacrifice. The first I'll see if I can pass on for spares/repair as the shutter works but I effed upsetting the focus, and somehow it has lost one and a half of the grub screws holding the focus ring. It needs a new home with a big spares box! |
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 26, 2023 18:14:10 GMT
This is another camera that needs attention. I lubed the shutter shafts, which stopped the annoying squeak when it was wound, but the slow speeds don't work. The escapement is under the bottom plate, which is a fiddle to remove, but once that's off the fix is easy. You are bolder than me, John, delving into SLRs viscera. I think I have two projects for the winter, plus a liquid insulting tape job that I don't think really counts, which are a Retinette 022 and a Retinette 1B. The former is a hangover from last winter, I am awaiting a Chris Sherlock tutorial on that as apparently he has a little heap of 022s needing attention. The 1B I was given as spares for one I, frankly, bodged but was too nice to sacrifice. The first I'll see if I can pass on for spares/repair as the shutter works but I effed upsetting the focus, and somehow it has lost one and a half of the grub screws holding the focus ring. It needs a new home with a big spares box! These old Prakticas are much less complicated than a Retinette. |
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Post by peterba on Oct 26, 2023 20:00:45 GMT
Can you get that on the NHS?
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Post by gray1720 on Oct 26, 2023 21:21:44 GMT
You are bolder than me, John, delving into SLRs viscera. I think I have two projects for the winter, plus a liquid insulting tape job that I don't think really counts, which are a Retinette 022 and a Retinette 1B. The former is a hangover from last winter, I am awaiting a Chris Sherlock tutorial on that as apparently he has a little heap of 022s needing attention. The 1B I was given as spares for one I, frankly, bodged but was too nice to sacrifice. The first I'll see if I can pass on for spares/repair as the shutter works but I effed upsetting the focus, and somehow it has lost one and a half of the grub screws holding the focus ring. It needs a new home with a big spares box! These old Prakticas are much less complicated than a Retinette. I really, really did not need to hear that, John, I might get ideas! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2023 7:22:23 GMT
The Praktica V F had a party trick up it's sleeve, a built-in rapid winder located at the bottom plate.
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 5, 2023 7:42:49 GMT
The Praktica V F had a party trick up it's sleeve, a built-in rapid winder located at the bottom plate. The Praktica IV has that as well. It seems to be a peculiarly German thing - the Kodak Retina Reflexes have the same arrangement, and Praktinas, cousins of the Praktica, had an accessory winder which attached to its motor winding lug (the camera had clockwork and electric motors available). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2023 10:12:02 GMT
Thank you, John for another historical info.
The next time when I see a Praktica IV, I'll be sure to check out the bottom plate to see how it works.
I vaguely remembered the Retina Reflexes are leaf shutter SLR with a selenium cell located on one side of the body and the Praktina kind of resemble a Contax-S but having a removable prism and a separate viewfinder window underneath the rewind knob, other accessories include a 50 ft bulk film magazine back, the electric motor and magnetic remote control, which had a MSRP of $150 USD when new and the Rapid-Sequence Spring Motor had a MSRP of $69.50 USD.
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