david_smigelskis

<p>Thank you. All is now fine.</p>

<p>I do not know which screw is for vertical adjustment of the rf. Horizontal is obvious and turns easily. But all the other screws are quite tight and I do not wish to mess with what is already doing its job properly.</p> <p><img src="/bboard/dovydas.com/KOTOP%203a.jpg" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>Lou said "Costco, on Clybourn, is north of the river and simply too far to go."<br> <br />The lady who runs that department said Costco still does one hour processing but will continue to do so only as long as the machine continues to work. Once it stops, no replacement or repair.<br> <br />Costco policy and my awareness of the coming shutdown by Walgreen was why I asked when we spoke a few weeks ago where you did your quick turn around processing and was why I went back to doing my own B&W processing. You can develop your remaining C41 film using normal B&W process but with no color output. It works. Also you can use ICE when you scan the C41 films.</p>

<p>Dan: "The evidence against you is shots after the first shot post-opening."</p> <p>You say you have a Perkeo II. Once the vacuum effect starts, extra film is pulled out from the 2 rolls and sags forward. Winding the film to the next frame is by the feel of "auto" rollers. Those rollers stop when a certain amount of film has passed. Thus the "extra" amount of film and thus the sag is always present. This is different from using red windows on each frame.<br> Try it with a new roll of film and open the bellows gently and see what happens.</p>

<p>For Dan:<br /> <br />Could the problem be the vacuum effect of opening the bellows? If the bellows are allowed to spring open, and especially if the spring is strong, the film can be sucked into the film gate giving a very soft focus image no matter the aperture. In my experience with almost all folders, opening the front slowly by having a hand on the base avoids this and normally gives very good results edge to edge, even at wide apertures. This problem could be one reason some avoid all folders. One camera that was built to avoid this was the late 30s Weltur that by design was built to open very slowly throughout its opening arc. Others start to open slowly but then after a certain point has been reached pop the rest of the way.</p>

<p>Have you thought of using a Voigtlander Kontur for 6x6 finder in the shoe to overcome the problems of composition? For many years it has worked wonders for me and a Perkeo II. I now wear glasses but with no problems with the Kontur. It allows for 1:1 view and allows one to see what is potentially to enter the space of the finder.<br /> I also use the 24x36 Kontur with a Vitessa 125 Ultron and the optional shoe with similar consequences. Perhaps the Kontur is an obscure entity. A few years ago Lou Meluso, who is very knowledgeable about older equipment, was not aware of it until I spoke to him about it.</p> <p> </p>

<p>I too have and sometimes still use my 532-16. But Zeiss is not the only source of compact and sturdy fish in the sea.<br> <br /> What about the very compact Pearl II 6x45 folder from Konica with very nice rf/vf geared to a <em>unit focusing</em> Hexar?<br> <br /> Speaking of unit focusing and very sturdy, what about the Weltur - much smaller than a 532-16 - with a nice rf/vf and unit focusing 2.8 Tessar or Xenar (the latter a curiosity since it is a five element - four group lens) that with a built-in sliding mask in the VF and a now hard to find 6x45 film mask gives a SI more than a run for the money? I have two, one with each lens. They are particularly nice with B&W film since the uncoated lenses with hood allow for a very wide range of tonality.<br> <br /> I now wear glasses and use all of these without any problem.</p>