"Here there be Dragons" - a text said to be found at the very edge of maps a long time ago when the world was still…
Repairs & Cleaning
Repairs & Cleaning
Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell
November 9, 2022About a year ago, some Austrian friends handed me a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super that they brought with them to America after World War II. They…
Repairs & Cleaning
Fixing Vertical Rangefinder Misalignment in Compact Rangefinder Cameras – By Bob Janes
March 25, 2021Those who shoot rangefinder cameras on a regular basis are probably aware of (they may even feel plagued by) vertical rangefinder misalignment. A camera rangefinder works by…
Repairs & Cleaning
Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 Repair – Hazy solution to a hazy problem – By Boon Kiat Lim
October 30, 2020To start off, I would like to state that I am neither a professional photographer, nor a journalist of sorts. This will probably help reduce any…
Repairs & Cleaning
Inside the Mind of Minolta – an Investigation of the Internals of Minolta’s SRT 303 – By Bob Janes
October 23, 2020As I mentioned in a previous article in which I dissected an Old Canonet, I have occasionally taken interesting but non-functioning cameras apart - mainly to…
