Underwarer Housings
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Topic author: Luiz Paracampo
Posted on: 20071107154158
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Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20071107155625
Thank you Luiz for posting these links.
I am surprised by the roughness of that mechanism connection. In Massarki's Leningrad enclosure he mentions that the spring motor is wound by connecting a valve on top of the box via a metal(!!) spring inside the box with bent out ending that just sits on top of the wind crank of Leningrad and winds it by simple friction.. There is no mention of any kind of rubberized medium in between. Wouldn't it scratch the heck out of the wind crank? Maybe it's more elegant than that, but by looking at illustration and the description it sounds quite clunky.
Reply author: Luiz Paracampo
Replied on: 20071107161532
Yes!
He gives also drafts and dimensions of how it works. I found much more interesting the firing mechanism with trigger. See that this box is a Kind of "universal" receives Leningrad all types of Zorkis, FEDs and Kievs with proper connection.
The spring will never scratch the knob no rubber needed. When you go winding the camera, the spring tights around the knob without any scapement In the reverse sense it naturally looses becoming idle. Very intelligent! Try a spring around your finger. You will be surprised!
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20071107162803
Very interesting concept! I guess I have much to learn in mechanics! I applaud your engineering skills, Luiz! [:)]
Reply author: okynek
Replied on: 20071108103459
I wonder if anyone tried use this box underwater? How are the pictures and overall experience?
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20071108104335
Hey Bill, next time you taking a bath, take one of those things with you! [:D] I know you got this particular one on your shelf. Let us know if it makes bubbles! LOL!
Reply author: Luiz Paracampo
Replied on: 20071112180401
Reply author: nightphoto
Replied on: 20071112182625
Luiz,
Nice old way to do it! When I was younger, living on Long Island, near New York City, I have seen people do something similar with clear heavy-duty plastic freezer bags and using a haze filter to go over the lens and seal the hole cut on the side of the plastic!
Regards, Bill
Reply author: Luiz Paracampo
Replied on: 20071112204102
The ingenuity of man is endless.... Here lives the fascination.
Reply author: Zoom
Replied on: 20071210112959
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Luiz Paracampo</i>
<br />Two good articles about underwater cases were just placed in the site of Mr. Abramov. ...
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The newest page:
http://www.photohistory.ru/UWboxes.htmlReply author: mermoz37
Replied on: 20071210115832
Reply author: mermoz37
Replied on: 20071210123717
Mr Abramov missed Kiev II housing (i provide one to J. Daniel, last year)
but you know , nobody is perfect...!
Reply author: mermoz37
Replied on: 20071210124023
Reply author: okynek
Replied on: 20071210222112
Would it be OK to put this beauty to Wiki? It must be there! [8D]
Reply author: mermoz37
Replied on: 20071211030900
yes , my pics are free but i cannot found (understand) what mean "wiki" ....sorry! would you inform me ?
kindly
Alain
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20071211091041
Alain, term "wiki" is used when you describe collaborative web sites like this one where anyone can add and edit the catalog of entries. What Okynek meant is whether you would be kind enough to create an entry in the catalog for this camera in the Movie Cameras section.
Vlad
