Camera Talk

Well, the camera went back together fine, everything working smoothly. Worked a ton of Bick 4 into the bellows, shined up the brightwork. Was running the shutter through its paces and the shutter started firing without being released. Hmm. Played with it some more and it was that the release wasn’t...

Is the Solinette II the same as the Regent? I had it in my head a Regent was analogous to the Solinette. Very nice collection! I believe they are equivalent, with a rebadge and a plaque that says made by AGFA, etc etc At least my Super-regent and my Super-Solinette are functionally identical with t...

Looking at the top, Paul, I'm going to assume that the four screws holding the name plate on serve no other purpose than that. The screws holding the accessory shoe might also hold the cover to the camera body, but I'm betting that the screws you'll need to access are under the focus and winding kno...

I meant to say three screws, but I see you already went there.

PF

The Braun Gloria is more to my liking, Paul. Collapsible lens medium format cameras are not easy to find. You can always put a piece of colored plastic in one of the rangefinder windows to give you some more contrast.

PF

Strange sort of mechanism. Possible there is some damage to the helical, and someone has forced the focus lever causing the slippage. You won't know until you get the helical out for a close inspection. You may also find a sheared pin of some sort. Start with removing the four screws from the front ...

I looked into getting one of those many years back, but the only affordable one I could find at the time looked like it had come from a sunken submarine. Your camera looks like it should be a good bit of kit.

PF

I think my Mercury II's just went up in value.

PF

Thanks, Benny and Pablo.

PF

Sounds to me like a good plan.

PF