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Kodak Retina IIS

by melek » Fri May 07, 2021 8:11 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Sun May 09, 2021 4:01 pm
Replies: 5
by melek » Fri May 07, 2021 8:11 am

P5060517.jpg I've owned this Kodak Retina IIS for more than a decade and just now decided to get it back into shape.

This camera is slightly smaller...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Sun May 09, 2021 4:01 pm
Screwdrivers

by alexvaras » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:41 am
Last post by titrisol » Fri May 07, 2021 9:55 pm
Replies: 7
by alexvaras » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:41 am

Hello,

Reading about the tools to have to repairing cameras, the slot screwdrivers seem a basic item. I saw Vessel ones are recommended in some web...

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Last post by titrisol
Fri May 07, 2021 9:55 pm
Kodak Signet 40

by melek » Tue May 04, 2021 10:40 am
Last post by Julio1fer » Wed May 05, 2021 9:07 pm
Replies: 5
by melek » Tue May 04, 2021 10:40 am

P5040475.jpg I've had one of these cameras for some time, and it's posed quite a challenge, because I wasn't able to figure out how to remove the top...

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Views: 7342

Last post by Julio1fer
Wed May 05, 2021 9:07 pm
Contax IIIa disassembled

by melek » Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:56 am
Last post by alexvaras » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:24 pm
Replies: 3
by melek » Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:56 am

I'm working on someone's Contax IIIa. Nice camera and has one of the smoothest helicals that I've come across. The rangefinder contrast is poor, and...

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Views: 6431

Last post by alexvaras
Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:24 pm
Balda Super Baldina - Anyone work on one?

by scott » Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:31 am
Last post by titrisol » Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:31 pm
Replies: 13
by scott » Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:31 am
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Hi all -

I'm considering a Balda Super Baldina (among other things...) and am wondering if these are relatively straight forward to work on. I...
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Last post by titrisol
Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:31 pm
While working on a Contax IIa ...

by melek » Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:14 pm
Last post by GrahamS » Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:47 am
Replies: 3
by melek » Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:14 pm

I'm doing some work on a Contax IIa (color dial), and a test of the speeds showed most within spec, but the 1/10 speed bizarrely was running at 1/60...

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Views: 7453

Last post by GrahamS
Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:47 am
FREE camera repair course texts

by titrisol » Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:35 pm
Last post by alexvaras » Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:06 pm
Replies: 9
by titrisol » Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:35 pm

The resources on this site are amazing!!
They offer a full technician camera repair textbook

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Last post by alexvaras
Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:06 pm
Kodak Flash Supermatic shutter.

by alexvaras » Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:00 pm
Last post by titrisol » Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:27 pm
Replies: 4
by alexvaras » Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:00 pm

Hi all,

I received a 203mm f7.7 Ektar with a Kodak shutter, lens is clean but shutter had 1 erratic 1 second and B mode didn't closed bladed as well...

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Views: 12616

Last post by titrisol
Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:27 pm
Thornton Pickard shutter - new curtains.

by alexvaras » Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:49 am
Last post by alexvaras » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:53 am
Replies: 3
by alexvaras » Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:49 am

Hi all,

At my friends I found two wooden shutters, one is this Thornton Pickard shutter which had the curtains in pretty bad shape but every else...

Replies: 3
Views: 11571

Last post by alexvaras
Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:53 am
Agfa Automatic 66 -repairing the meter

by Julio1fer » Sat Aug 24, 2019 5:21 pm
Last post by Julio1fer » Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:21 pm
Replies: 8
by Julio1fer » Sat Aug 24, 2019 5:21 pm

My technician has got my found treasured Agfa Automatic 66 almost back to life, but he is stuck looking for a spare for the electromagnetic meter;...

Replies: 8
Views: 14622

Last post by Julio1fer
Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:21 pm
Prism separation.

by alexvaras » Fri May 03, 2019 7:29 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:44 pm
Replies: 5
by alexvaras » Fri May 03, 2019 7:29 am

Hi all,

Any idea (not by force) to unglue this? It's the prism/rangefinder of a Super Ikonta BX. Not Xilene, I can't with the smell.

Thank you...

Replies: 5
Views: 13608

Last post by PFMcFarland
Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:44 pm
My first "rodeo".

by alexvaras » Wed May 01, 2019 9:35 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Wed May 01, 2019 11:43 pm
Replies: 1
by alexvaras » Wed May 01, 2019 9:35 am

Hi all,

Some weeks ago I was invited to a Russian forum (rangefinder.ru) I thought it could be nice to know some locals and mostly have more access...

Replies: 1
Views: 5670

Last post by PFMcFarland
Wed May 01, 2019 11:43 pm
SS Dolly rangefinder.

by alexvaras » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:46 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:55 pm
Replies: 1
by alexvaras » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:46 pm

Hi all,

I got inside the rangefinder of this camera, mirrors are not good, I already asked replacement to Martin Seelig, in about 3 weeks I will get...

Replies: 1
Views: 6636

Last post by PFMcFarland
Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:55 pm
Voigtlander Bergheil restoration.

by alexvaras » Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:07 am
Last post by GrahamS » Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:09 pm
Replies: 5
by alexvaras » Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:07 am

Hi all,

I found this in the local market, it was a GAS decision but it went well at the end.
Early/middle model of Bergheil cameras, it has already...

Replies: 5
Views: 11706

Last post by GrahamS
Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:09 pm
Makina III scissors problem.

by alexvaras » Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:11 am
Last post by alexvaras » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:04 am
Replies: 2
by alexvaras » Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:11 am

Hi all,

A friend from the net got his Makina III fallen and the scissors are bended, I took the camera for restoration/fix and decide which Makina I...

Replies: 2
Views: 7432

Last post by alexvaras
Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:04 am

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