Camera Repair Archives

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...

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...

10 February, 2019

(Mis)adventures with a Minolta Himatic 7s – By Matt Evans

By Matt Evans

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 as being in excellent condition wit...

19 January, 2019

Function and Repair of Hasselblad Film Backs (A12 and others) – By Arild Edvard Båsmo

By ArilBas

If 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 little documentation on the repair of these, b...

5 July, 2018

How I Removed a Cracked, Stuck-On Lens Filter – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

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, was shattered, and, worse, stuck on...

22 February, 2017

Adjusting the rangefinder of the Fed4 – Guest post by Howard hurd

By HowardH

A 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 not align accurately ei...

17 July, 2016

Specialist Film Camera Repair & Modification Companies

By Hamish Gill

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. Specifically film camera repairers. Rath...

Walter Reumkens on A Few Frames with a Canon P and how I found myself on 35mmc
Thank you Peter for your kind words and encouragement. Yes, we have a very nice hobby and the cameras/lenses still…
Walter Reumkens on A Few Frames with a Canon P and how I found myself on 35mmc
Thanks for the kind reply, glad you like the photos. The intention was to go during the week when there…
Walter Reumkens on A Few Frames with a Canon P and how I found myself on 35mmc
Thanks for the kind comment and the praise, Thomas. Good luck with the Canon VI Deluxe too. Then you know…

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