[Leica] OT - Zeiss Ikoflex Question

[dnaplasmid at compwrx.com (Aram Langhans#2)]

thanks for all the replies.  I got it working.  It does indeed need film 
in the camera and not just a strip of paper that I tried before.  It 
autoindexes just as my Rollei 3.5F, but it is not obvious.  I still 
can't see the sensor, but when the tape holding the film to the paper 
passed by, it clicked in and the counter moved to 1 and I was able to 
shoot.  I'll develop the roll and see how it worked.

Aram



At 01:34 PM 3/25/06 -0800, Aram Langhans wrote:
> >I just took possession of a Zeis Ikoflex Favorit (last model) TLR. 
> The 
> >shutter seems to be jammed, but I have read that there are many
> interlocks 
> >on this camera.  I know the finder hood has to be open to fire.  I
> have not 
> >put film in the camera as there seems to be no film sensors that need
> to be 
> >tripped.  The film counter never movers when I wind the knob.  The
> shutter 
> >does not fire using the side trigger or the top cable release shutter.
>  It 
> >hardly moves, like it is still locked.   I found an on-line manual for
> a 
> >much older model, but that didn't help much.  When looking at the
> camera 
> >from the front, there is a nurled lever at about the 8 o-clock
> position of 
> >the picture taking lens.  I was assuming this was the shutter cocking
> lever, 
> >but it does not seem to perform any function when I move it.  Does
> anyone 
> >have any suggestions for this Rollei 3.5F guy to try?  Camera looks
> like it 
> >is in great shape.
>