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     Fallisphoto Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto Post Number: 52 Registered: 09-2006 Rating: N/A |
Never did this with an Ikonta, but have done it with several similar folders. First thing is to peel back the leatherette on either side of the hinged door on the front. See two brass rivets under the leatherette? Well, you'll have to drill them out. On some cameras (Agfa Billy, for example) you will also have to remove the tripod lug. After you have done this, open the back of the camera and the metal plate covering the back of the bellows should wiggle out. It often is stuck top and bottom with dried paint, so it can take some serious wiggling. A ring nut is holding the front of the bellows to the front standard; you'll have to remove that. Finally, the old bellows is glued in at the back and you will have some peeling and scraping to do to get it out. To install new bellows, pretty much reverse the procedure. Glue new bellows in, reattach ring nut, rivet camera back together, and etcetera. |