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clnfrd · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:23 am Post subject:

The Kodak Retina IIa I'm toying with needs the rangefinder calibrated. The images won't converge at infinity and they're proportionately off at the other distances. Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks for any help. Fred.

clnfrd · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject:

Just one thing after another. One of the problems with the Retina is the focusing ring is slipping, so the distance scale is off, and constantly changing as it slips in both directions. The more I focus with it, the more it slips, as if there's a clutch involved. Anyone have any knowledge of how this works? Fred.

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clnfrd · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject:

I hit paydirt! Got the info I need to dis-assemble this baby from a guy on photo.net. Thanks. In the off-chance anyone is interested, here it is: http://retina.topcities.com/retinafocusmechanism.html Fred.

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Burtscher Eric · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:29 pm Post subject:

Cher Fred,

Je possède un Retina II a, si j’ai bien compris, tu ne peux avoir de bonne mise au point, tu as, ou quelqu’un a fermé l’appareil en position autre que l’infini, cela endommage gravement le télémètre. Je connais un réparateur, mais il est en France.
Le Retina II est un appareil très bien, surtout avec une optique Schneider, cher Fred, j’espère que ton Rétina n’est pas trop gravement endommagé.
Très amicalement, Eric.
PS : je demande à une amie anglophone de traduire ce message, et le renvoie en anglais dès demain.

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

Burtscher Eric · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:54 pm Post subject:

Au cas ou…
Je peux vous donner l’adresse du réparateur d’appareil photographique en France, et, me propose de servir de contact en France pour les amis de Graflex.org.
Naturellement, je suis sur qu’aux Etats Unis, bon nombre de réparateurs peuvent faire les travaux de réparations, toutes fois, Mr Planson est un des rares qui a habitude des anciens appareils photographiques, Retina, Leïca, Zeïss Ikon, Voigtlander…
Si Dan peut traduire...merci à l'avance

Très amicalement, Eric.

PS : mon adresse électronique : eric.burtscher@libertysurf.fr

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clnfrd · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:26 pm Post subject:

Well, Folks, as my French is very poor even though my Mother was of French ancestry, I hope Eric can get his English-speaking friend to translate this. I used the info from Chris's web-site: http://retina.topcities.com/retinafocusmechanism.html
to dis-assemble the IIa, clean and lubricate the focusing ring, which cured the original problem. The front lens group that is sealed, behind the front lens, is cloudy. So, I have bought another one from a guy in Australia, and haven't received it yet. When I do...if it's clean...I will use a piece of ground glass I have cut to check the focus..and I will get the focus scale to agree with the actual focus on the ground glass. If I can get that "right on", I will then remove the top of the camera and re-calibrate the rangefinder as per the instructions included on the above-mentioned web-site. Thanks to Eric for his interest...and I am determined to get this Retina IIa to be in excellent operating condition. To me, the fun of this is to do it yourself. Sometimes I'm like a bull in a china shop...I get very frustrated with the projects...but my tenacity ultimately will prevail. Fred.

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

clnfrd · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:22 am Post subject:

Thanks, Dan, for the translation. Several months ago I had attempted to communicate with Eric, using an English/French dictionary, but it was very cumbersome, and I doubt if it was very accurate. Fred. P.S. And thanks to Eric for his kind offer of help. If I end up in a blind alley, I may take him up on it.

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Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

clnfrd · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 12:04 pm Post subject:

Dan...Unfortunately I had two years of Latin...not very practical. Fred.

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

clnfrd · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:17 pm Post subject:

I guess we're never too old to learn. My wife and I have always wanted to learn French, so think I'll order "French For Dummies" as a starter.

Fred.

Burtscher Eric · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject:

Amicorum Amricaini me,

Videone Fred, scribis 2 annus Latini.
Te do 'courriel(em)' me
eric.burtscher@libertysurf.fr

Amicus me, Eric te salutat frateri.

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clnfrd · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 3:21 am Post subject:

Eric et al...I had two years of Latin in High School...in 1950 and 1951...and don't remember much. Therefore, I am at a loss regarding conversing in it. I have sent you an email to this effect. Perhaps at some future point in time, I will be more adept at conversing in French. Thanks. Fred.