DaveUral
31st January 2012, 01:43 PM
I've just been "gifted" a pair of Praktica B models - a B200 and a BC1. They came with two Pentacon lenses, the 50mm 1.8 and a 35-70 zoom. Only the BC1 body is fully functional. Here are the issues:
A. The B200 appears to work except the shutter seems to only operate on 125th sec. metering and such seems fine as the LED's move up and down in a sensible manner when pointing at various light values.
B. The 50mm lens seems to be "falling apart". It all sort of rattles and wobbles otherwise it's seems fine. I can't see any manner of getting at screws etc. to tighten things up.
c. The zoom lens has an inoperable iris.
I have stripped and cleaned several bits of old kit successfully, including lenses but if anybody can give me any pointers specific to these bits of kit they would be welcome before I delve in. It seems a shame to consign old gear to retirement without attempting to fix it and for what it's all worth these days it's only down to me to try!
A. The B200 appears to work except the shutter seems to only operate on 125th sec. metering and such seems fine as the LED's move up and down in a sensible manner when pointing at various light values.
B. The 50mm lens seems to be "falling apart". It all sort of rattles and wobbles otherwise it's seems fine. I can't see any manner of getting at screws etc. to tighten things up.
c. The zoom lens has an inoperable iris.
I have stripped and cleaned several bits of old kit successfully, including lenses but if anybody can give me any pointers specific to these bits of kit they would be welcome before I delve in. It seems a shame to consign old gear to retirement without attempting to fix it and for what it's all worth these days it's only down to me to try!