Re: Eclair Cameras: ACL 1.5 motor vs. 2 motor

[Warren Yeager <wy@warrenyeager.com>]

Sometimes when I put a mag on the camera....I inch the knob and it 'clicks',
telling me that the claws are in a happy place.  After that, everything runs
smoothly, until I put another mag on the camera.  Then I go throught the
process again.  Often, I go 'round once or so with no 'click' which tells me
that the claws were happy in the first place.

The only time my camera's run poorly is when somebody else loaded it (OK, or
when I just started loading it, before I figured out just how many perfs to
leave in the loop) and leave a short loop.   After the inching knob syncing
process, it either runs fine or it doesn't.  Maybe you're saying the same
thing and I'm speaking Martian today, which isn't out of the realm of
possibility!!

Warren Yeager, SOC
www.warrenyeager.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Welle" <mwelle@starband.net>
To: <EclairACL@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: Eclair Cameras: ACL 1.5 motor vs. 2 motor


> I suppose that when I am inching the knob, it allows (as you say) the
> claws to find the sprocket holes, thus eliminating the noise I would
> have otherwise heard had I not inched it properly.  In other words,
> maybe when the sprocket holes are engaged correctly that is when I hear
> the least noise coming from my camera.
>
> Anyway, I've run a lot of film through my camera, and I haven't had any
> problems with it.  I'll be sending it off to get overhauled in the near
> future anyway.
>
> Thanks
>
> Warren Yeager wrote:
> > Don't know why that would be.....the manuel says to load the mag and
> > then
> > inch the knob until the claws find the sprocket holes....after that, to
> > my
> > understanding, the motor just turns 'round and 'round and if it has self
> > parking....stops with the shutter closed and the mirror in
> > place.....could
> > you motor be out of alignment?
> >
> > Warren Yeager, SOC
> > www.warrenyeager.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Welle" <mwelle@starband.net>
> > To: <EclairACL@topica.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:48 PM
> > Subject: RE: Eclair Cameras: ACL 1.5 motor vs. 2 motor
> >
> >
> > > What I meant was that sometimes if I move the inching knob ever so
> > > slightly in one direction or the other, the camera becomes quieter
when
> > > it is running with film loaded.
> > >
> > > Mark wrote:
> > > > In a message dated 3/10/2003 11:59:37 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > mwelle@starband.net writes:
> > > >
> > > > > With my 1.5 motor I adjust the inching knob to quiet the camera
when
> > > > > film is loaded.
> > > >
> > > > Can you explain what you mean? Thanks. Mark.
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> > > Michael Welle
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> Michael Welle

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