I think you have hit the nail on the head with surmising that it may be internal reflections that are causing these marks. I was wondering if you yourself have...
After my Lubitel 166B was stolen last year, I bought another one on the internet. When I came to try it out, I found that instead of the frosted glass...
You're SOL. There should not be flat glass installed in the Lubitel, as the focussing screen is a lens in itself. You need to get another one and either get...
Many thanks! Graham Dukes ... they are easy to install? it should have lens there with matted spot in the middle, regular flat matted glass wont work ... ...
Hello again Joseph, I'm sorry not to have replied to this earlier; for some reason I couldn't find the post. Also, by the way, thanks to your earlier pointers...
One more thing, sorry: My 166U is a MIU, so if I understand your post #1074 correctly, it should take the metal mask -- which is what i have, so I think we can...
Hi folks - can anyone advise me on fixing a sticky shutter on a 166B? It occasionally sticks open when set to B or 1/15th, though it seems OK at other...
You have to clean the shutter blades. They've probably got a film of oil or dirt, or both, on them. If that does not work, you need to flood the shutter with...
Hi I have just started using a lubitel 166 U, with the film mask in place to use it as a 4.5 x 6. On development of the film, the camera functions fine, except...
Hi, My Lubitel 166B arrived today and so I've just joined your group, straight away I note someone asking about a sticky shutter!!!!!!Well the shutter on my...
Hi Martyn, Welcome to the world of the Lubitel :-) Hopefully somebody here will post details on the ins and outs of Lubitel shutters. However from a general...
While the Lubitel shutter is a simple leaf shutter like that of a compur or a prontor, it's much more basic than either of those. The Sputnik shutter is very...
Fair point - the Lubitel's shutter is certainly the simplest of the 3. Good link too on the Sputnik. I just (re)stumbled across the following link which shows...
It's the simplest, but it doesn't look it. It's got all those springs sticking everywhere--it certainly looks formidable--but in reality, it's not that bad. ...
Thank you all for your interesting answers to my problem and offers of help, but at this moment in time I've sent the camera back to the Ukraine where the...
After taking a couple of frames [Lubitel 166U], I opened the back. Well, to be fair, it fell open. This was not the Lubitel's fault; I suspect the evil hand...
Hi, If I understand correctly, you aretrying to salvage the taken pics on the roll that was already inserted. How many pics did youy use up so far(what film #...
They're probably fine. What speed film was in it? The slower the speed the more likely the other exposures were not injured so much. For example, if you had...
Hi Warren, It was literally a couple of shots: frame 3 (6x6) was at the back of the camera, unexposed (until the back opened). Thinking about it, the way the...
Good thoughts, thank you. It was indoors, and it was a miserable day here, it was 160 ASA Fuji NPS, and the back was open for only a second or so, so the shots...
Hi everybody, I'm a new member of the group and I recently ran a roll of Kodak 160NC 120 film through my Lubitel 166U. This is the first roll of film I've ...
John, I don't know what that smudge is in the second picture, but I wouldn't diagnose anything with the focus that far off. A little smudge in between the ...
Hi everybody, Well, I tried resynching the focus between my taking lens and focus lens on my 166U. In the process I opened up the lens to take a look inside....
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