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Camera & Repair Articles

DISCLAIMER:
The following information is true and accurate to the best of the authors knowledge. We are not trained camera repair persons. Take our suggestions as merely suggestions from hobbyist tinkerers. Nothing more. The authors cannot be held responsible for any error or omission, but would appreciate knowing of either. WARNING: If the camera is valuable in dollars or sentiment, take it to a qualified technician. Many first time tinkering projects end up in a baggie! Enter every project with this expectation, and any time it doesn't come true...be happy.

General Repair

Repair Tools What tools do I need to fix my camera?	by Henry Taber
Test equipment How does one know if it’s truly working correctly?	by Henry Taber
Tool for Assembling Aperture Blades Vacuum machine (Bradvac) that I designed to make the assembly of aperature blades easier	by John
How to remove the top cover As title...	by Kar Yan Mak
Kiev 60: hole burned in shutter curtain A simple fix	by Henry Taber
Resetting cameras Be a part of the community project!	by Henry Taber

Camera Specific

Repairing jammed sprocket in the Argus C3 As title...	by Kar Yan Mak
Canonet Blade Cleaning Easiest way, if you have the special tool, is to access the shutter blades from inside the film chamber...	by Henry Taber
Canon Demi EE17 Repair Stuck shutter, frozen wind lever, and inoperable meter.	by Henry Taber
Replacing and adjusting lightmeter assembly of Canon Demi EE17 As title...	by Winfried Buechsenschuetz
Canon Demi S Meter & Stuck Shutter Repair As title...	by Henry Taber
Adventures with Epoxy: Cosina focus fork repair Although in most camera tinkering projects a clean and lube will get it running again, not always. Sometimes parts are broken...	by Henry Taber
Konica Auto S1.6 Repair Adventure Shutter/aperture stuck, rangefinder missing, and rangefinder alignment.	by Kar Yan Mak
Olympus 35RD: Shutter and Aperture blade cleaning	by Henry Taber
Olympus Pen FT repair tips Some pointers for this camera	by Henry Taber
Olympus Pen EES-2 Aperture Repair Stuck aperture	by Henry Taber
Pentax ME Super Ramblings If the ME Super should ever lock up DON’T mindlessly try the self-timer.	by Henry Taber
Notes about Praktica MTL-3 Top, bottom, and front disassembling.	by Rafael Alday
Ricoh TLS 401 Repair ...Focuses on two of the key issues peculiar to the model and which a reasonably competent owner might want to address in order to bring his TLS 401 into good working order...	by Stuart Willis
Working on a Topcon 35-L	by John Shriver
Working on a Topcon RE200 These notes should apply equally to the RE200, RE300, and RM300.	by John Shriver
Voigtlander Vitessa N. Circa 1954 - Adjusting Rangefinder RF adjustment is made extremely tedious by the thoughtless design.	by Stuart Willis
Voigtlander Vito CSR Meter Repair Meter problem solved	by Kar Yan Mak
Yashica Lynx 5000 The ONLY thing we need to do is replace these two blades...	by Henry Taber
Yashica Minister III Repair It came to me in near mint condition but with a non-functional shutter.	by Stuart Willis

Lens Repair

SLR Lenses What does a lens do and how does it do it.	by Henry Taber
Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 120mm f/2.8 Usually all a lens needs is the aperture blades cleaned of oil that has weeped out of the helicoid grease.	by Henry Taber
Focus adjustment of a zoom lens: Kiron 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5 Zooms must be adjusted for infinity sharpness at both extremes of their zoom range.	by Henry Taber
Servicing the Auto-Miranda 50mm f1.8 lens This was the procedure required for servicing the above lens, necessary when the aperture blades became covered in oil.	by Mark Stuart
Pentax Super Takumar f/3.5 135mm Setting focus, complete disassembling procedure	by Stuart Willis
Various Lenses Repair tips on various lenses	by Ron

Restoration

Restoring a Canonet Just some small touches to make the camera look and work better	by Kar Yan Mak
Filter Ring Dent Removing Tool Safely straighten a filter ring dent with this home-made tool	by Henry Taber

Miscellaneous

Mercury Battery Discusses the possible alternatives for these discontinued batteries	by Kar Yan Mak
Modifing Camera to Accomodate Silver Oxide Batteries	by Jean Colin
Salvaging Out a Camera What do you do with a camera when it is beyond repair?	by Henry Taber
How to make an Olympus Pen F/FT/FV to Nikon lens adapter As title...	by Anonymous

User Experiences

Fujica AX-1 Supplement	by Stuart Willis
Olympus Pen F Nostalgia	by Russel C. Hamilton
Olympus Pen F Technical Exploration	by Stuart Willis

External Resources

Rick Oleson's Camera Tech Notes
Various camera repair notes accompanied with technical sketches

Chris Sherlock's Retina/Retinette Repair Pages

Robert Ian Axford's CameraWorks
Repairs documented by a technician who's been in the business for a dozen years

Gossen Lunasix 3 Meter Repair (French)

Camera Repair Articles by Daniel Mitchell
Lots of camera/shutter repair articles