Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't know whether this helps, I have an Ikoflex 852/16. 8 O'clock is the shutter speed set,. The shutter cocking lever is below the lens (to cock, move to the left, when seen from the front), and the film counter only works when the camera is loaded. The shutter release is locked until you transport the film. Douglas Aram Langhans wrote: > I just took possession of a Zeis Ikoflex Favorit (last model) TLR. > The shutter seems to be jammed, but I have read that there are many > interlocks on this camera. I know the finder hood has to be open to > fire. I have not put film in the camera as there seems to be no film > sensors that need to be tripped. The film counter never movers when I > wind the knob. The shutter does not fire using the side trigger or > the top cable release shutter. It hardly moves, like it is still > locked. I found an on-line manual for a much older model, but that > didn't help much. When looking at the camera > >> from the front, there is a nurled lever at about the 8 o-clock >> position of > > the picture taking lens. I was assuming this was the shutter cocking > lever, but it does not seem to perform any function when I move it. > Does anyone have any suggestions for this Rollei 3.5F guy to try? > Camera looks like it is in great shape. > > Aram > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >