micahdavison

Over the weekend, I contacted Jurgen from Certo6 about the focus wheel. He remembered having worked on my particular camera, and he said that he got it as smooth as he could. I suppose I could ask that he exchange it for a similar one once he gets one. He has a "reasonable request" sort of guarantee that I think would cover that. I don't think I will, though. It's just not a big enough deal to put either of us through that hassle. Thanks all for your input.

Thanks, John. I'm only mildly unhappy with it, ha ha. I probably will contact him, but I wanted to reach out here first to hear others' opinions on whether I'm expecting too much with this 85-year-old camera, even if it has been serviced.

I have a question about the focus smoothness (or lack thereof) on my pre-war 6x9 Super Ikonta. I purchased it from Certo6 via eBay last month. Everything seems to be in great working order, except for the focus wheel. It does turn, and it is actually smooth at the near and far ends of the focusing range. However, the middle ~ 30% of the focusing range is somewhat stiff. If I had gotten this in as-is condition, I would probably not even be worrying about it (at least, not until/unless it got much worse). However, I paid a CLA price for this thing, not an as-is price. Is it asking too much for the focus wheel to be perfectly smooth? I'm interested to hear the thoughts of those on this forum with much more knowledge/experience with these old rangefinders than I have.