Re: I'm going Sputnik shopping

[Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>  Newer style shutter speeds might be worth more
>>>than old (might equate to better lenses though
>>>my Spud has the old speeds and is sharp enough
>>>at f22).
>>
>>There are two styles of Sputniks?  I didn't know this.  I will have to find
>>out how to tell the difference.
>
>  The old ones are 1/10, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 plus B.
>The ones with new style shutter speeds are 1/15, 1/30,
>1/60 and 1/125 plus B I think. Joel has them listed
>on his RMM page.

Thanks!

>[warped bodies]
>>I recall this conversation.  I'l go back to P3D and read through the
>>archives on "sputnik".  Maybe this will also explain the difference between
>>the "old" and "new" models.
>
>  I think it was on this list.

Yes, I think so, too.  I was thinking there might be more on the P3D archives.

>  I might have saved that message but I don't think
>it says much more than I "quoted".

I keep all my messages from this list (since 9/98.)  The message was:

>I have experienced very difficult advance at the end of a
>roll and it was due to the film being slightly misaligned
>on the take-up spool.  The film was not loaded perfectly
>straight onto the take-up spool and upon winding, it wanted
>to spiral off to the side--which it could not do due to
>the sides of the film spool.  I could tell that this had
>happened when I removed the roll because one side of the
>film/paper had been wrinkled slightly as it was forced
>against the side of the spool.

Tom