Anyone have any idea on how to loosen the focus ring on this camera?Is it normally stiff?It's so stiff,when I first got the camera,I was looking for an internal focus knob,like on a Bolex 165.Also,can the camera's manual iris be operated without a meter battery or is it all electronic?

I'm also looking for tapes for a Wurker splicer.I have a lot of my first attempts at super 8 filming from the early 70's that are in awful shape and I need to make them telecine worthy.Much of this I may have to digitally scan one frame at a time.