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From: "Paul Lowing" <plowing@blueyonder.co.uk>
>
> Incidentally the lens assembly in the 166B is held in place by four
> screws rather than a retaining ring.
My mistake, it indeed uses 4 screws, I should know, one of my Lubitels is a
166B, but of the 3 Lubitels I have the 166B is the one loaded with film at
the moment so I couldn't check the rear side of the lens assembly on this
one (the other 2 i have are 166).
In the 166B you can recess the lens assembly a bit more than with the 166, I
like that, when I modified my 166B, I even had to cut a channel on the front
of the lens for the cable release and also had to file some of the front of
the shutter to avoid mechanical vignetting. What I don't like of the 166B
is that the it doesn't have the turning knob to keep the back of the camera
in place (like the 166 have), so it is prone to become open, I use an
elastic band to keep it closed.
http://ca.geocities.com/penate@rogers.com/166B.jpg
Guillermo
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