After returning to analogue photography a few years ago with a Minolta Hi-Matic 7 rangefinder, I began looking for a second film camera. I was looking…
Repairs & Cleaning
A slightly troubled tale of replacing vintage camera leather – by Christopher James
February 6, 2020I’ve started seeing more photos of vintage cameras with their leather covers replaced, and to me they often look great. Other than a few useful flickr…
Lenses• Repairs & Cleaning
Minolta 28mm f/2.8 M-Rokkor – Shooting and Repairing – by Victor Doroshenko
June 7, 2019Inertia of mind is sometimes mind boggling. I've started my serious photography life with Sony nex-5 camera which replaced a briefly owned Nikon D40 for the…
I had been trawling the online market places and managed to snag a Minolta Hi-matic 7s on trademe (the NZ version of ebay). It was advertised…
Repairs & Cleaning
Function and Repair of Hasselblad Film Backs (A12 and others) – By Arild Edvard Båsmo
January 19, 2019If you are reading this, you might have a magazine with some problems. This piece is written to help you. I found there to be very…
Repairs & Cleaning
How to Calibrate a Canon P Rangefinder (in my case, for use with Soviet lenses) – by Cameradactyl (Ethan)
October 23, 2018I am a fan of quirky old soviet cameras. I have had, loved, and broken a few Zorki 4 cameras over the years, and I love…
Here is how I repaired my Voigtlander Nokton lens, the 42.5mm for the M43 system. I had dropped it. The lens filter, a B&W ultraviolet model,…
Repairs & Cleaning
Adjusting the rangefinder of the Fed4 – Guest post by Howard hurd
February 22, 2017A fairly common issue on online forums with the Fed rangefinders seems to be rangefinder accuracy. When I first bought my Fed4, the rangefinder patch did…
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a chap called Matt who suggested it might be nice to create a list of reputable camera repairers.…
Repairs & Cleaning
Three simple, non-invasive things to try to repair dead or erratic Nikon L35AF – Guest post by Eddy
February 10, 2016Hamish had a frustrating experience with a Nikon L35-AF. His excellent review spurred me to write a few notes on some simple but sometimes effective things…
