Camera Talk

Some info on your camera, the Bolsey C2: https://casualphotophile.com/2020/04/01/bolsey-model-c-review/ And some info on Wollensak in general: https://alphaxbetax.com/ Since you are now a fan of the mighty little Bolsey, I have a B22 model you can have for free. I haven't shot it yet, but all the sp...

Okay, after going through the usual postings and reading of threads I have not experienced any of the problems that were bugging me before the outage. So they were obviously doing maintenance work on the site.

PF

I think you're missing a spring on the shutter blade return. Double-exposure prevention is likely lever controlled from inside the camera body, similar to what is used on the Zeiss Ikonta series. You'd have to take the top cover off to access it.

PF

Well, the two pieces you have were definitely one piece when manufactured. That spring resides on the drive and looks like one end is hooked into a post while the other end just rides against a lever with the hooked end providing an anchor point to create the tension needed to return whatever lever ...

Heal up, and worry about the cameras later.

PF

I should have iterated that what I was experiencing was before the outage. It could be the site was down for some maintenance to clear up all the hangs. I didn't experience any issues yesterday, but then I didn't do many things either.

PF

I've noticed that if I do too many things in the same session that all of the sudden, I can't do anything like submit a post or even log off because the page is not there. If I wait a few minutes and come back to it then it goes right through like normal. Don't know what it's like today.

PF

A wonderful vignette of life in your hometown, Julio. Half frame means not having to change rolls in the middle of a shoot.

PF

Oooh, I hate when that happens! Hopefully you'll come across some replacement parts in the near future so that we don't have to wait so long for an update.

PF

Coming home from the grocery store Tuesday evening.


Fandango Sky by P F McFarland, on Flickr

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