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<p>Henry,<br> <br />A former technician (Dick Werner) wrote a series of repair manuals awhile back. Not sure if its still available anywhere.<br> My suggestion would be to contact David Odess and have him go over your equipment to check for other things that might require a good CLA that you might not be aware of it while replacing the pads. In the event that you should accidentally break anything, most repair shops tend not to touch the equipment if it was tampered with. Probably not the answer you wanted to heard.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Diego,</p> <p>Wish that the 50mm FLE & the 40mm FLE had the same setup as thew Rolleiflex version. The Hasselblad 50mm F & FE had the automatic FLE adjustment when you focus.<br> <br />Now that you mention shooting more sky and less land (landscape photos), the lens should be quite capable of getting sharp photos. I agreed that there must be a certain method ot get sharp photos. My uncle used the older 40mm C lens to shot landscape. He always use a tripod, no matter what. All of his photos were razor sharp. For these FLE lenses, maybe determining a certain point of your focus attention (hyperbola) and allowing the rest of the other area to fall where it is, will help?<br> I use a SWC/M to shoot most of my landscape photos. Try my best to use a light tripod if possible...<br> Having a serviced Imacon scanner will greatly improve its longevity. Enjoy it once it has been serviced.</p>

<p>Hi Diego,</p> <p>Nice setup you have for your film work. I use a similar setup with an Imacon Flextight Precision II/III and a Scitex/Creo Eversmart Pro II if I need to do any oil mounting.<br> The 40mmCF FLE and 40mmCFE FLE are the one and the same camera lens, in regards to optical formulation. The difference is within the newer mainspring and the outside cosmetic.<br> You mentioned about slipping and there might be a possible misalignment, so keep that thought in mind.<br> Another area to check is the scanner. Do you ave your service record fr it? Has the scanner focus calibration been performed and do you have the report from it?<br> Just some thoughts, as I had my scanners serviced and majority of my Hasselblad lenses has been serviced.<br> A stupid question on my part, are you susing the FLE setting as it has to be set manually and is not automatic such as the Rolleiflex Schneider version. I use the 50mm CF FLE and do use the manual setting for the FLE and I find this lens to be biting sharp. <br> You would find this combination of film and scanner to be a nice addition to your digital workflow.<br> Evan</p> <p> </p>

<p>John,<br> I wasn't aware that you were located in the UK. If you are using SRB, then you are in good hands. There are several old photo stores in Germany and Poland that might have a straight P-6 adapter that all you have to do is screw it into place.<br> THEN maybe you can use the P6-to-Nikon 35mm adapter to link it up to your Nikon film camera.</p>

<p>John,</p> <p>Exactly which camera system do you plan to use it on? Film or Digital? 35mm or MF?</p> <p>For my Pentacon 6 adapter to work on the lens shown by Christopher Ward (I have that version)<br> I would have to unscrew the entire rear portion that has thw tripod foot on, and and THEN I can<br> screw on the Pentacon 6 adapter portion. So in the end the lens would be without the tripod foot and strictly for the P-6 mount.<br> However there are many other adapter to follow afterwards that will allow the use of a P-6 mount lens on either 35mm or MF.<br> This lens is quite adaptable and will allow you to focus to infinity without any problems.</p> <p>The trick is to find THE P-6 adapter made specifically for your version of the lens. As I mentioned earlier, there were size & fit variations among the Olympia Sonnars...</p> <p>The only other choice would be to find a good machinist whom can fabricate for you a screw on adapter with the correct film plate distance for Correct Infinity focusing.</p> <p>Evan</p> <p> </p>

<p>Jim,</p> <p>Take a look at this current eBay auction. Identical to your unit, but for the Contax rangefinder.<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Contax-II-with-18cm-1-2-8-Olympia-Sonnar-/231229115335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d6544bc7</p>

<p>Hi John,</p> <p>You have the Early PreWar Flektoscope 180mm Olympia Sonnar originally made for Lena Riefenstahl.<br> Please take look here for additional information: http://cameraquest.com/oly180.htm<br> If you are able to measure edge to edge AFTER the tripod mounting sleeve, I can check it against my removable P-6 adapter for the 180mm Pre-Set Olympia Sonnar. I purchased it from a camera shop a while back when I was visiting Nuremburg, Germany.<br> Possibly it might work, only thing I'm not sure f they are still available. If you can locate a good mechanist stateside, you might be able to have them fabricate an adapter for you for it.<br> I have several similar to what Christopher Ward & JD. posted. One thing to clarify if you are unaware of it: there are slight fit & focus variation between these lenses. I'm guessing that it was made at different times through out its manufacture. The adapter would NOT work with all lenses and it there is a focus difference.... Basically, don't expect it to be a perfect fit through its manufacturing years. <br> Evan</p>

<p>Michael,</p> <p>What lens did you adapted for the 2000/200 series camera body?<br> <br />Did you do the adaption yourself or had someone do it for you?<br> <br />For the adapted lenses I have for my Hasselblad 201F, the lens must be able to focus to Infinity.<br> I would suggest whomever is adapting the lens, to assure that the lens is collimated and is focusing smoothly.<br> Then you should check out if the lens is able to focus to Infinity.<br> I f a Hasselblad 2000/200 camera body is NOT available, you could use a Mamiya 645 body with a Hasselblad lens adapter for your adapted lens to assure it focus correctly.</p> <p>Evan</p> <p> </p>

<p>Steve, do you have a manual for the scanner? It should tell you the maximum allowance you would have for input scanning...<br> I personally scanned in chromes & negatives at 300DPIU and proofed them out for 11 X 14 prints without any quality issues. Scanning at in my maximum 3750 DPI for the Eversmart Pro II, I had made proofs as large as 20 X 20. I imagine that I can go larger if needed without any degradation in quality.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Steve,</p> <p>Nice image taken with the Rolleicord. The tonal range looks very good despite the resolution issue. Have you checked the scanner manual in regards to the maximum allowed format size? I am not familiar with that scanner, as I use a Canon FS4000US scanner and a Scitex Scanner for my medium format film scanning..<br> Maybe another photo.net subscriber might have a better answer to your question. Otherwise I love the "Old" Puerto Rico images here.</p>

<p>Q.G. and Rick,</p> <p>Thank You for the detail explanation. I thought about the increase of the spool size, hence the reason why I inquired if it should be the actual full width of the spool. Both of your answer justify the logic behind the taping.<br> Since wide masking tape will be my preferred choice (provided it I can find it nowadays!) I will use Rick's described method and see how it works out for me. <br> Thank You once again.</p> <p>Evan</p>

<p>Hi Rick and Paul,<br> I heard about the tape trick, but I figure I would need more information as to placement and type of tape used.</p> <p>I notice you mention masking tape, so I WILL USE THAT. Does the piece of tape goes in perpendicular to the take-up spool and if so, how long should it it be?<br> OR does it go in accordingly to the width of the spool and wrap around the paper backing? Otherwise I am all ears to any suggestion for film overlap issues....</p> <p>Evan</p>

<p>Rick,</p> <p>How is the spacing if you use Ilford, Fuji, or Kodak film spools? Do you still have the overlap issue? I thought the overlap issue was resolved at some point in manufacturing of the newer Kiev 60 from Kiev 6C.<br> The first generation of Exakta 66 had this issue and I believe that the Pentacon factory resolved it in the MK2 and MK3 bodies..<br> Otherwise, the optics are great for the amount of money spent..<br> Evan</p> <p> </p>