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Hello,
I hope someone can help me on this. I recently acquired an early model Leningrad (2 screws on front body). It works ok (apart from the slow speeds from 1/10 and slower, where the shutter opes and stays open).
It is an early model with the glass film pressure plate. Unfortunately, the glass part is missing. All I have is the metal plate which used to hold the glass. This has 5 "barbs" which obviously are there to hold the glass.
With the glass missing, these barbs are catching the sprocket holes of the film. I ran a test film and found that it was catching on these barbs stopping film advance or just braking the film.
Also, with the glass plate missing, I wonder if the film pressure plate is now not thick enough to keep the film in place.
How can I solve this problem? Try to get a 1mm piece of glass to shape and fit it? Does it have to be black class or can it be clear? i still would be worried with the "barbs" though, because they are very sharp and even with the glass in place they might snatch the film.
Could I glue a flat piece of aluminium 1mm thick instead to the glass and remove the barbs? Does the aluminium need to be black or can I leave it raw? I have old cameras with bare aluminium film pressure plates.
Or, last possibility, should i buy a camera sold for parts and use its plastic film pressure plate instead?
Any advice is much appreciated, i have fallen in love with this beast and I want to use it!
Another thing, I have noticed that i have two types of finish on the body. On the front, on the back and front left there is good rough vulcanite, but on the front right where the self timer is, it looks, smells and feels like real leather. Feels wonderful in the hand. The detailing (the two horizontal lines) is exactly the same as the other vulcanite sides, so it looks like factory fitted. Is that common, to have one part vulcanite and one leather?
I hope someone can help me on this. I recently acquired an early model Leningrad (2 screws on front body). It works ok (apart from the slow speeds from 1/10 and slower, where the shutter opes and stays open).
It is an early model with the glass film pressure plate. Unfortunately, the glass part is missing. All I have is the metal plate which used to hold the glass. This has 5 "barbs" which obviously are there to hold the glass.
With the glass missing, these barbs are catching the sprocket holes of the film. I ran a test film and found that it was catching on these barbs stopping film advance or just braking the film.
Also, with the glass plate missing, I wonder if the film pressure plate is now not thick enough to keep the film in place.
How can I solve this problem? Try to get a 1mm piece of glass to shape and fit it? Does it have to be black class or can it be clear? i still would be worried with the "barbs" though, because they are very sharp and even with the glass in place they might snatch the film.
Could I glue a flat piece of aluminium 1mm thick instead to the glass and remove the barbs? Does the aluminium need to be black or can I leave it raw? I have old cameras with bare aluminium film pressure plates.
Or, last possibility, should i buy a camera sold for parts and use its plastic film pressure plate instead?
Any advice is much appreciated, i have fallen in love with this beast and I want to use it!
Another thing, I have noticed that i have two types of finish on the body. On the front, on the back and front left there is good rough vulcanite, but on the front right where the self timer is, it looks, smells and feels like real leather. Feels wonderful in the hand. The detailing (the two horizontal lines) is exactly the same as the other vulcanite sides, so it looks like factory fitted. Is that common, to have one part vulcanite and one leather?
