Jonathan Ragland

I've also come across the same issue with the same camera. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's on auto or manual, it just gets stuck. I recieved the camera with the two iris vanes completely stuck, almost looked tangled. I went in and carefully pmoved them apart and lightly pushed them on their paths and that worked to at least get them to work sometimes. I am definitely interested in any info, even if it's not 100% safe and guaranteed, etc. I would like to at least try to have it work right consistenly. Keep this thread alive!

Camera recieved not working. They wont refund only repair, at $40 a pop shipping each way it's over the value of the camera. He just makes excuse after excuse. I'm , well, upset to say the least. The very least.

As far as saying I tried everything, I mean everything that involves batteries, buttons, switches, etc, without invasive surgery. I finally figured that because of shipping costs to send bck, plus those already paid I would have to have spent $90 on a $150 refund that might get to me this year. So, I just chalked it up as a bad (understated) experience, and I opened it up expecting springs and wires to shoot out all over the place. I could see through the gate that there was an odd shaped obstruction of the light coming through. I looked between the lens and gate and saw a few different things, one of which was two pieces of metal tangled together. I didn't think this was the iris because it wasn't the traditional O type/ shape. I tried to untangle the pieces and when they were apart they started acting like an iris, opening and closing as the camera faced different directions. So, it worked on auto but still not on manual. Throughout this process there were so many times I thought the thing was going to break, everything is so small and thin. Frustrating to say the least.

All right, I got the auto aperture to work, but when I set it to manual the indicator leaves the sight. I wanted to be able to set it manually for several reasons, including that I already bought some 500T. Any ideas why auto would work but not manual?

New AA's, new wiencell px625's, all directions followed. Everything else works. Nothing from the iris and indicator. I emailed the guy to see what he says.

I just purchased a Nizo S 560 from a seemingly reputable German dealer, and the F -stop indicator does not respond to anything. I can also tell that the aperture is not changing on auto or manual. Is this a simple fix does anyone know? I'm really hoping my first experience with super 8 doesn't turn me away for good. :(