RE: Noblex 135U problem?

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 25 Jan 99 at 11:09, zxiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Many thanks for the responses.  I may have to have the camera checked.  I just
> hate the problem didn't show up before the warranty preriod expired.  I wonder
> if one of my tricks doing multi-exposure caused the trouble.  At 1 s it takes
> forever to do one shot.  If you want to expose 30 sec,  that's 30 turns.
> I found that I could turn the speed dial to a higher speed to speed up the 
> drum for the first 180 degree and turn it back to 1 s for the actual
> exposure.  This did help quite bit until the drum stopped once in the middle.
> Now the red light goes out sometimes right after I press the shutter but came
> back again if I touch the speed knob.  Is it technically allowed to change
> speed after the shutter is pressed?

Seems familiar to the problem with my Noblex 150 (old style 
Tessar)....have you seen that posting 2 weeks ago?
Sometimes the drum also starts moving again if you try to 
push it back to the start position (when camera set to multi-exposure 
*and* switched off before doing this, you can start again, without 
loosing that frame). 
My problem doesn't seem battery-related though, as the drum moves 
with quite a force *if* it starts moving again (especially noticeably 
when trying to push it back, without turning the camera off first).
Can you rule out battery-problems too?
 
> BTW,  with Widelux and Horizon time exposure is out if precise multi-exposure 
> is not possible.

Still haven't tried the 'rewind-unlock' method with the 202....from
looking into the back with test film, it seems as if it could
work....film doesn't visibly move during the 'idle
recocking'....might not work perfectly if another trick is used
before, assisting the film transport, by turning the rewind knob in
the opposite direction (to avoid ripping perforation with tight
film/cannisters and/or at the very end of the roll). 

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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