tsiklonaut
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My newly acquired Horizon 202 decided to pack in the aperture adjuster knob while currently on holidays in Asia. I managed to open the thing with a bare knife and the help of wife's nail grinder on my hotel room table (got to love the USSR thinking on technology - "repairable with a hammer or a welding machine") and found one of the sprocket screws had come loose, I managed to fix it but I now need to reset the "clicker" wheel position for the aperture knob.
In fact when I got the camera the clicker wheel for the aperture ring didn't work - it was a smooth adjustment from f2.8 to f16 and I though it's normal on Horizon 202s. So now, when I have it split open on the table, I can repair this as well and I can now have proper "clicks" when I adjust the aperture knob. My question is:
There are 6 "large step" clicks and 1 "small" step click. Since those 6 fill the required F numbers (2.8-4-5.6-8-11-16) is the "small" step click a hidden click between f16 and f22? I.e. can you push yours a tiny audible click past the f16 number? Or is the small click somewhere in-between the aperture scale or in the beginning of f2.8-and on?
I can adjust the clicker wheel wherever I like, but it seems to be calibrated f-numbers for each step (i.e. the f5.6 on the dial is the real f5.8 on lens, not some f6.8 or something like that), I'm certain this one small-click position is the key to set the calibration right for the clicker wheel inside the camera, just not sure where it's supposed to sit.
Hoping put mine together after annoying time shooting one roll of film with aperture locked to f16 only - thank God it was a Tri-X pushed to ASA1250 😛
Thanks in advance,
Margus
In fact when I got the camera the clicker wheel for the aperture ring didn't work - it was a smooth adjustment from f2.8 to f16 and I though it's normal on Horizon 202s. So now, when I have it split open on the table, I can repair this as well and I can now have proper "clicks" when I adjust the aperture knob. My question is:
There are 6 "large step" clicks and 1 "small" step click. Since those 6 fill the required F numbers (2.8-4-5.6-8-11-16) is the "small" step click a hidden click between f16 and f22? I.e. can you push yours a tiny audible click past the f16 number? Or is the small click somewhere in-between the aperture scale or in the beginning of f2.8-and on?
I can adjust the clicker wheel wherever I like, but it seems to be calibrated f-numbers for each step (i.e. the f5.6 on the dial is the real f5.8 on lens, not some f6.8 or something like that), I'm certain this one small-click position is the key to set the calibration right for the clicker wheel inside the camera, just not sure where it's supposed to sit.
Hoping put mine together after annoying time shooting one roll of film with aperture locked to f16 only - thank God it was a Tri-X pushed to ASA1250 😛
Thanks in advance,
Margus
