Franka Super-Frankarette – CLA´d | Analogue camera

FRANKA Super Frankarette – serviced, shutter speeds measured on a tester.

• Shutter speeds measured on a shutter tester – results below.
• Serviced before listing: viewfinder cleaned internally, lens cleaned internally, light seals (foam) replaced.
• Condition: Good – 1 issue, fully disclosed under Known Issues.

About this camera
The Super Frankarette is a West German 35mm rangefinder camera made by Franka Kamerawerk of Bayreuth around the turn of the 1960s. It combines a Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 45mm f/2.8 lens in a Prontor-SVS leaf shutter with a coupled rangefinder and a built-in selenium exposure meter, in a solid, well-finished body typical of German cameras of the period.

Measured Performance
- 1 s — measured 1/0.7 s (approx. 0.5 stop slow)
- 1/60 — measured 1/28 s (approx. 1.1 stop slow)
- 1/1000 — measured 1/291 s (approx. 1.8 stop slow)
- Light meter accuracy — EV12: approx. 2.4 stop under / EV15: approx. 1.2 stop under
Some of these deviations exceed what negative film can absorb – see Known Issues.
Shutter and film advance work; slow speeds repaired.
Rangefinder adjusted.

Checked and working
- Shutter fires correctly
- Rangefinder image is clear and moves with the focus ring
- Aperture blades clean and moving freely
- Film advance, frame counter and rewind work
- Exposure meter responds to light

Servicing
- Viewfinder cleaned internally
- Lens cleaned internally
- Light seals (foam) replaced

Condition
Appearance: nice overall condition, with scuffs and scratches from normal use. Please check the photos for details.
Lens: clear – no haze, fungus, scratches or separation
Viewfinder / rangefinder: clear
Viewfinder: clean and bright (cleaned internally). Even after cleaning, a few tiny specks of dust can work their way back in from slight vibration or blower use; they do not affect your photos.

Known Issues
1. The built-in selenium meter reads about 2.4 stops under at EV12 (1.2 stops under at EV15). Please use an external meter or the sunny-16 rule.

Included: only what is shown in the photos.
As a used item, minor imperfections may exist that are not individually described.

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