Yeah, I had forgotten about my experience with this. This also reminds
me of talk about Russian cameras with helicoids, and helicoid grease
hardening up, and my experience is that the C-3, and C-44's have the
same problem, I have thrown more than a couple in the trash due to
sticky/hard focusing. And the loose screw are another problem. I have
fixed a few too,because it is not a hard fix, but do not make a habit of
it.
John
Mickey Trageser wrote:
Although the
> focus control turned the lens mount, the lens barrel did not extend or
> collapse to provide focus shifting. If turning the focus wheel doesn't cause
> your lens to extend and collapse, you have the same problem.
>
> The problem was that the screw thread holding the lens in the body had
> loosened, therefore no longer holding the lens tight. The whole lens turned
> instead of the part of the barrel that should. I loosened the center gear
> cover a little, used a very small screwdriver to press against the brass
> part of the mount that was exposed below the lens barrel and worked it until
> I could extend the lens focus barrel far enough to remove the center gear
> cover and gear. Then I unscrewed the lens from the body. I worked the focus
> a number of times and it loosened up a bit. I cleaned the rear element and
> mounted the lens on the body firmly. Setting the focus wheel to 3 and the
> lens focus so the most clockwise part of the gear was near the 4, I replaced
> the center gear at the last available notch and replaced the cover.
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