Camera Talk

Fascinating video from Chris Sherlock:

It'd be worth trying to fix the 1535 (the rangefinder version), they seem to go for silly money these days.

The target will be to buy no more cameras this year! Or at least, one out, one in.

I thought it would be interesting to count up how many rolls of films I shot last year, and how many cameras & lenses I acquired. Small format: 35mm and Minox (8x11) Total: 27 rolls (including test rolls) Colour: 3 Medium Format Total: 15 rolls Colour: 4 Cameras and Lenses Cameras: Two MF (6x6),...

And a few more photos of the shutter and film wind mechanisms.

The Surgery Having slept on it, I decided to drill a small hole through from the battery compartment to the little gap between the film rewind shaft and the film chamber (on the left looking at the camera, lens towards you). No power tools involved, just an old fashion manual hand drill/driver (pro...

Body Disassembly 1. Remove the black screw in the right hand side of the film compartment IMG_6013 Large.jpeg 2. Remove the black screw (with two holes) from the base of the camera on the film door side IMG_6014 Large.jpeg 3. Remove the silver screw (with two holes) from the centre of the hot shoe ...

I recently purchased this design classic from our local auction site. It came complete with its original box, and looked to be in really nice condition. I shot a couple of test rolls with some battery bodgery until such time as some more PX625 adapters arrived. The camera seemed to be working fine. ...

Mine is the postwar model.

Well persevered! A modern plastic camera would not have survived.

I look forward to some shots from it.