P3D Re: Broken Realist

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>As I was advancing film in my Realist 3.5 yesterday, the small gear on
>top of the takeup spool shaft broke a couple of teeth.  

Wow!  :-)  What did you did to it? :-) :-)  Honestly, this is not
a common occurance.  These teeth are not fragile or antything
like that.  I have only seen one case of broken Realist film
advance gear tooth in my life.

>BTW, I've only shot a few rolls through this camera since I got it, and
>the film advance has always been difficult to turn.  I had chalked it up
>to an old camera, etc, having never used a realist before and therefore
>not knowing the difference.  Is this normal, or was there a problem that
>led to the broken gear?

I am sure it did.  Lubricating the film advance gears is the first
thing that I do in a Realist.  I had problems with advance that 
disappeared after I cleaned and lubricated these gears.

Ron Zakowski can provide you with extra parts.

Reagards, George Themelis


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