Macpod
06-23-2006, 09:35
olegs has kindly put the zorki 3 on hold for me while i wait for a cheque to clear. its even marked as 'reserved' on the site. very nice fellow.
anyway. im having the zorki 3 sent home to australia so i cant use it here in shanghai. but as luck would have it, there was a guy selling his zorki at the camera store i frequent. this must be a sign! haha. I had a look at the camera and everything seems good. nothing missing and the body/ lens look clean. but there are a few niggly question i have. firstly, i think i read somewhere that the rangefinder window has to be viewed level otherwise it would be out of allignment. is this true? because if my eyes werent level with the body the images didnt not allign properly.
another is shutter and shutter speed setting. the speed settings didnt seem to allign with the shutter speed marker when i wound the camera. does this simply mean i wound the camera too far or is there something wrong? i wound the camera until the knob provided resistance. is this simply just quality control problem and i should just wind until the markers match up?
what other faults should i looks for? i cant figue out a way to see if the shutter curtains have holes in them, since the back doesnt come off these cameras? does it involve disassembling?
cheers. cant wait to put my first roll through these little gems. im also pretty sure ill shell out for the used sekonic 308b they have. Im also looking at all the cheap LTM lenses now. the summarit seem like a decent buy, how does it compare to the jupiter 3? i think ill also get a summar for kicks
anyway. im having the zorki 3 sent home to australia so i cant use it here in shanghai. but as luck would have it, there was a guy selling his zorki at the camera store i frequent. this must be a sign! haha. I had a look at the camera and everything seems good. nothing missing and the body/ lens look clean. but there are a few niggly question i have. firstly, i think i read somewhere that the rangefinder window has to be viewed level otherwise it would be out of allignment. is this true? because if my eyes werent level with the body the images didnt not allign properly.
another is shutter and shutter speed setting. the speed settings didnt seem to allign with the shutter speed marker when i wound the camera. does this simply mean i wound the camera too far or is there something wrong? i wound the camera until the knob provided resistance. is this simply just quality control problem and i should just wind until the markers match up?
what other faults should i looks for? i cant figue out a way to see if the shutter curtains have holes in them, since the back doesnt come off these cameras? does it involve disassembling?
cheers. cant wait to put my first roll through these little gems. im also pretty sure ill shell out for the used sekonic 308b they have. Im also looking at all the cheap LTM lenses now. the summarit seem like a decent buy, how does it compare to the jupiter 3? i think ill also get a summar for kicks