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15 November, 2022

Repairing & Revisiting a Voigtländer Vito CL – Here there be Dragons – By Has Gustafsson

By Hans Gustafsson

"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 not explored. Said text, I guess, was to discourage seafaring...

9 November, 2022

Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

About 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 said it no longer worked, and if I...

25 March, 2021

Fixing Vertical Rangefinder Misalignment in Compact Rangefinder Cameras – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Those 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 su...

30 October, 2020

Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 Repair – Hazy solution to a hazy problem – By Boon Kiat Lim

By Boon Kiat Lim

To 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 expectations you may have as a r...

23 October, 2020

Inside the Mind of Minolta – an Investigation of the Internals of Minolta’s SRT 303 – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

As 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 investigate, but th...

8 October, 2020

It’s Dead Jim – A Dissection of an Old Rangefinder Camera – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

This article is a little different. It is very much focussed on a camera, but I’m hoping it will be of interest to photographers to give some background and understanding to the...

8 August, 2020

A Couple of Bodged Fixes for a Pentax PC35AF – By Seb Copley

By sebcopley

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 for something totally diff...

6 February, 2020

A slightly troubled tale of replacing vintage camera leather – by Christopher James

By Pixels and Grain Photography Collective

I’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 posts and some short video...

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Scott Ferguson on Pairings, pt. 1 — Leica Summarit 50mm f1.5 + Rollei Blackbird
Hey Tony, I’ll be excited to see your review! I do like this combination with a lower contrast lens that…
Scott Ferguson on Pairings, pt. 1 — Leica Summarit 50mm f1.5 + Rollei Blackbird
Hey Ibraar, Thanks for sharing the post improvements you did on my photos. This has opened my eyes to how…
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Thank you, Ed. As the Berkeley Pit expanded — it opened the year before Robert passed through Butte — many…

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