shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Anyone know how to operate the film advance on this little gem?
The film advance dial seem to be stuck and no matter what combination of buttons I pushed and hold, nothing will unlock it. I must have missed something probably quite obvious.
Everything else is working, shutter, aperture, glass clear, etc. Very annoying to say the least not being able to load a film and use it.
I'm half-prepared to accept that I may need to send it out for repair, any suggestions on who would be able to service this?
Thanks in advance!
The film advance dial seem to be stuck and no matter what combination of buttons I pushed and hold, nothing will unlock it. I must have missed something probably quite obvious.
Everything else is working, shutter, aperture, glass clear, etc. Very annoying to say the least not being able to load a film and use it.
I'm half-prepared to accept that I may need to send it out for repair, any suggestions on who would be able to service this?
Thanks in advance!
hanskerensky
Well-known
Pity about that Winderknob Will. Seems a fine camera to me.
Are there more versions of the Dollina 1 ? The one on the
following german site looks quite different :
http://www.krahe-sw.de/kamerasammlung/Daten-Seiten/daten_06_35_certo_dollina.htm
Are there more versions of the Dollina 1 ? The one on the
following german site looks quite different :
http://www.krahe-sw.de/kamerasammlung/Daten-Seiten/daten_06_35_certo_dollina.htm
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
It should be the button on the front?
Dralowid
Michael
Yes, the button on the front, pushed IN, releases the mechanism to wind on.
If your film spool is stuck try fiddling, extend the top knob, and move it with its knurled ring at the bottom, they can jam up being rather a crude mechanism.
Also it really helps to make more sense trying with an old film but remember to get the film UNDER the shiny metal flap just before the sprockets.
If your film spool is stuck try fiddling, extend the top knob, and move it with its knurled ring at the bottom, they can jam up being rather a crude mechanism.
Also it really helps to make more sense trying with an old film but remember to get the film UNDER the shiny metal flap just before the sprockets.
Dralowid
Michael
This is very wise. They are indeed cool but whether they are much fun to use is another matter. I have a box of them in varying states of distress and have told myself that one day I will try and get at least one or perhaps two to work...but really, life is too short!
Dralowid
Michael
Yup, it is a box of Dollinas. Which one is yours? Post a picture and I'll see what I have got but it seems as if the bodies suffer before the lens shutter assembly, particularly the hinges to the front door which seem weak.
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
You have the knob pulled up in the rewind position - is it stuck like that?
Dralowid
Michael
Eckmanmj, The one I have like yours (Dollina II) is too good to break, s/n 8951. Its spool is stiff and it feels as if the gears are half engaging. I might try squirting some lighter fluid into it and see if anything frees up.
Most of the others have the shutter release on the body ( Dollina 0 & I) and a slightly different spool. I may dismantle one and investigate further. A couple of these are little better than junk
I also have Dollina III which is rather different and a couple of post war ones.
Michael
Most of the others have the shutter release on the body ( Dollina 0 & I) and a slightly different spool. I may dismantle one and investigate further. A couple of these are little better than junk
I also have Dollina III which is rather different and a couple of post war ones.
Michael
Dektol Dan
Well-known
God Bless You!!!!
God Bless You!!!!
You've saved my bacon.
I think I can tackle mine now!!!
God Bless You!!!!
You've saved my bacon.
I think I can tackle mine now!!!
Dektol Dan
Well-known
Some Certo Dollina Shots
Some Certo Dollina Shots
Although I already sent these over, I'm posting a new one and I've cleaned them all up. These are my from father's shooting his '37 Dollina with Kodachrome in 1947, he had already owned the camera eight years. The Dollina was on the edge in the day. To think that the old man devoted as much time to photography as he eventually did, and it all started here:
Some Certo Dollina Shots
Although I already sent these over, I'm posting a new one and I've cleaned them all up. These are my from father's shooting his '37 Dollina with Kodachrome in 1947, he had already owned the camera eight years. The Dollina was on the edge in the day. To think that the old man devoted as much time to photography as he eventually did, and it all started here:
Dralowid
Michael
My Dollina II was said to have been owned by the fourth British airman to be taken POW in WWII. Mind you he didn't get it till he was freed after the war.