4/21/2003 //forums.delphiforums.com/kievreport/messages?msg=5200.24

Two  weeks  ago, i have the same experience as you when i bougt a ARAX
non MLU kit. Fast reactivity from Gevorg, big customer care, very good
delivery   delays,  many  posts  updating  customer  on  the  delivery
process(money  reception,  fabrication  delays, date of shipping). The
camera  came  in  good  working  state,  film transport checked, focus
clearly  aligned, shutter working fine. Somehow, there are some things
perfectible:   a   nice,   complete   online  manual(in  PdF)  format,
including the  advices  of  the  various  user's sites (Kiev do an dont
ect..),  a  better  neck  strap (the  strap and the metalic inserts),
replacement  of  the  old  Waist Level Finder by the new ones when the
magnifier  will  be out of the box in focus, advertisement of the loss
of  the  auto  max  aperture viewing with B mount lenses used with the
adaptor  ring, and a real procedure(access to the setting resistors in
the  spot  prism) to recallibrate the meter when changing the focusing
screen(the  meter in itself needs revorking: more precise engraving of
film sensibilities by 1/3 EV, better engraving of the diaphragm values
by  1/3  EV,  better  display diodes, 3(old type) with 1/3 EV lightnig
threshold).  And last, the NT backs darkslide problem. Sometyme, after
an  uncomplete  attempt  at  firing the camera, the interlock security
engage,  preventing  to  insert  back  the  darkslide  to  remove  the
back...To  solve  the  problem,  set  the  back on multiexp, camera on
1/1000,  lens on min aperture, lens cap on, fire the shutter, if there
was  a  picture  done,  wind  it normally( and everything is normal)if
there  had  not  been a picture taken, just actuate again the multiexp
lever,  rewind  and take normaly the next pic(this is not an ARAX body
problem,  it  can  occur  with  all NT backs, and a little grinding in
seems on the long term solve the problem).

Othervise,  i have a lot of ideas for ARAX FOTO tech people to improve
the  camera  (coupling  the  meter  with  speeds,  apertures  and film
sensitivity,  making  a  stopdown  lever  on  the  body, giving better
electronics  to  the meter, and systematically rebuilding; muticoating
ant  antiflare  treating  all  the lenses ARAX sells (thus, putting MC
ARAX trademark on them?)

Good pictures, 
Jean Claude