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Date code EE so 1944. In the film compartment, there is an anchor that says U.S. Is this because it was sold to the navy. Was this Navy property at one time or did the servicemen put that in there themselves to personalize it? It has the Black anodized focus tube. Everything seems to be working. Ill put some film through it later this week.
As far as problems. It has a stiff focus ring especially getting it started from the seated position and makes a dry squeak sound when leaving and returning to the seated position.
RF seems right. Viewfinder is hazy needs to be cleaned. Ektar lens is crystal clear. Black case is awesome. I stil dont know if it was custom dyed or if it was an option back then instead of the brown ones.
The only real problem is the dial on top of the camera, it seems like a distance scale. As Im focusing back in from the fully extended position, the dial only turns freely up to 25 feet, then it slows down and wont go to 50. That is the distance scale right? or is that only for infrared? Tell me its a distance scale please? Maybe its just dirty.
As far as problems. It has a stiff focus ring especially getting it started from the seated position and makes a dry squeak sound when leaving and returning to the seated position.
RF seems right. Viewfinder is hazy needs to be cleaned. Ektar lens is crystal clear. Black case is awesome. I stil dont know if it was custom dyed or if it was an option back then instead of the brown ones.
The only real problem is the dial on top of the camera, it seems like a distance scale. As Im focusing back in from the fully extended position, the dial only turns freely up to 25 feet, then it slows down and wont go to 50. That is the distance scale right? or is that only for infrared? Tell me its a distance scale please? Maybe its just dirty.
