Posted by mikeb on February 21, 2003 at 15:28:49:
In Reply to: My Retina Reflex AGAIN...and a Signet 40 posted by Ernesto Meyer on February 21, 2003 at 12:54:47:
:I am start charging you for all this tech.support (grin) You probably don't
have a problem. Your camera has auto stop
down system. The iris is always wide open
for veiwing, As you push the shutter a small
pin closes down the iris to your pre selected
setting, if this where not so then as you stopped
down the viewfinder would get darker and darker
until it was impossible to frame and focus. Just
mount the lens back on the camera open the back set shutter to B hit the release look through the lens and see if the lens stops down, If it does stop worrying about and get shooting !!
Thanks again to Mikeb and Jon. Another problem with that Retina, that seems to be ok cosmetically but not mechanically. Difficulty with a Signet 40 also.
: Well, I have this Retina Reflex (first model) that I just bought at ebay. There was a minor problem with the shutter (sticking blades) that was resolved with the advice from Mikeb. While checking the result of the cleaning, I noticed that the diaphragm was wide open, but the set ring was showing f11. Well, the problem is that the diaphragm is not working, stays wide open in all settings of the ring and I don’t know if it can be fixed. I have a manual with exploded views and service hints, but have no idea of what to do.
: By the way, I also have a Kodak Signet 40 that I am cleaning. It’s a rather simple model of shutter and with some tips from the internet I could clean it without great pain. Nonetheless, while trying to open the top plate to clean the rangefinder, I had to stop at a screw. It was under the rewind lever, which I could not take off to reach that screw. I tried to hold the shaft while turning the crank counterclockwise, but that doesn’t seem to work.
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