Re: Printex Press Camera

[nomadia]

Re: Printex Press Camera

Hello Everyone,

I just got a dusty Printex Press Camera fitted with a Heliar f4.5 10.5 cm. How do you remove the lens, so one can do basic cleaning? Can a Rada roll film back be attached to this system? Anyone has a copy of the manual for this camera? Thanks in advance.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Try to look inside the camera from the back. Most likely, shutter is attached with a retaining ring, accessible through the back, and removable with spanner wrench.

 

[Solinar]

The front lens group can be removed from the shutter by twisting the outer ring counter clockwise.

To get to the rear group, you may need to remove the shutter from the camera - so that you can carefully use a lens spanner.

-OR-

Is the front lens board secured by three screws? If so, just remove the lens board - onto which the shutter is assembly is mounted, so you can have easy access to the rear lens group.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

It looks like you will have to remove spring back first, and then look inside.

 

[nomadia]

Thank you everyone. I removed the lens board by unscrewing the screws on the front. It came out nicely and, after some basic cleaning, the speeds now sound nice.







What film can one use with this camera? Is it possible to use a rollfilm back? The dimension is about 6x9 as it is, but I have no idea how to load it with film. Does this come with slides?

 

[Solinar]

My guess would be to use an Adapt-A-Roll 620 film holder - if the Printex uses a springback like an old Graphic Graflex.

http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/holders/

Best Regards,