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| Repairing Foth Flex TLR Camera Complete Overhaul |
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| This guide will show the teardown and repair of a Foth Flex twin lens reflex camera for roll film 120 from about 1930-1935. It is a quite rare camera with a somewhat unusual design as it is one of very few TLR cameras with a focal plane shutter. Due to its modular construction it is relatively simple to work on it. However, if you have no experience in camera repair yet, I would advise to start with a Foth Derby (127 film) which sports the same shutter design but is otherwise simpler due to the lack of a focusing lens. | | | By the way, the version shown here sports the f/2.5 Anastigmat lens (apparently 4 elements in 4 groups) which makes it the medium format TLR with the fastest lens I am aware of, although this is somewhat academical as the transmission of the lens is similar to that of an f/2.8 post-WW2 Rolleiflex due to the lack of coatings before the war. The Foth flex was also available with a simple f/3.5 Anastigmat triplet lens. |
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| To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. |
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