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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2021
- The Meika 35 vintage film camera is a very basic 35mm film viewfinder camera produced by the Japanese company Tougodo. It has a 50mm fixed-focus lens. The aperture is controlled via a three-step ring (for bright light, medium light, poor light indicated by icons). It has only 1 shutter speed. The top- and bottom-covers are plain aluminum.
One of Tougodo's Meisupii series of stylish modern toy rangefinder cameras from the 1960s. The "Meika" (should it even be pronounced as "Leica"?) is distinct from the many variations of "Meikai" cameras (ST, SL, EL, etc).
This old camera, you can see it was kept in a very bad environment. After the restore was done, I tried taking pictures from it. I am quite impressed with the photos it brings. You will see photos at the END of the VIDEO.
I hope you like my work and the video.
Sorry for my bad English, it's not my language.
Thanks for watching, don't forget to like and subscribe!
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Dear everyone watching this:
This is a cosmetic repair. The camera was in awful condition when they started working on it and it ended up looking very good, but they made a few mistakes that in the long run will make the camera not work properly. The biggest one is the amount of lubrication on the aperture and shutter mechanism, they put about 20 times the amount needed.
It's ok since this is pretty much a toy camera (despite the fact that the top plate looks kind of like a good 60s camera), but if you own a camera that's actually good and needs repair *this is not the way to do it.* Take it to someone who actually restores cameras as a daily job, this is called a CLA and most service shops do it. In this case this was an extreme CLA, but a CLA nonetheless.
Good video tho, I'm not hating on it :)
Thanks for your positive reviews. I admit that the things I do are not really good. I'm not a true CLA, but I'll try to do better.
By the way, the lubricant here is a premium Lithium lubricant, which does not harden over time.
Sorry about my English. Thank you againt!!
@@BeeBetu haha you have the stuff to be amazing at restoring cameras if you keep working at it, no doubt about that!
The issue with lubricant in shutters is that even a slight amount ends up getting everywhere in the lens, it gets on the aperture blades and then they stick. Im guessing this camera doesn't have that many shutter speeds so it probably doesn't matter that much, but on cameras with shutter speeds under 1/60 that's an issue. Eventually they don't close fully at any speed.
But like I said, no doubt you are capable of being amazing at this so keep up the good work!
JeffDvrx I admire you and your understanding!! 😉😉😉
if anyone thinks this video is bad, just show them this one: th-cam.com/video/yYCR7rAyNic/w-d-xo.html
@@Shrek_Has_Covid19
- Hmm... Well yeah i guess you could get rid of mud like that
- oh no, he's spraying the display? Well maybe it can handle it
- wait dafuq is he doing to that poor lens
- *OMG THE SENSOR LOL WTF*
lovely painted on dirt effect there
You got that painted dirt and corrosion off pretty well. All my cameras that are rusty like that are in the mechanisms too. Not just inside the film bay. So with some dish soap and spray paint, I can get mine in working order? Maybe I should try that on my old ford. Who knew dish soap removes rust and corrosion and restores paint?
Please do not do anything this guy did
I have to salut these restorers simply for remembering where everything goes when re-assembling the project. No matter what it be !
He filmed the disassembly so doesn't have to remember....
Yup, I'm with you there.
Yep. My feelings exactly.
There's service manuals
Beautiful, from start to finish!
Love seeing old camera repair!!!
It's fake
One of the most beautiful videos ever.
Wow! Beautiful work of art.
Thank you. So cool to se the pics you took with it. Keep up the great work
Incredible. Kudos to you.
Thanks for the entertainment, that was delightful to watch. Have a great day, kind regards from Germany!
Didn’t think it was possible! You have amazing skills!
It's fake... the camera at the end, is this same camera before he dirtied it up on purpose and reasembled it...
Wow. Second life! Great job, great pics. Very live it. Thank you.
This was a magical restoration.
wonderful photos at the end. Obviously the ones of your daughter make the project worth doing for yourself!
Beautifully Restored.
Its so satisfying. Make more videos like this!
Beautiful. Very calming.
Greetings from Vienna.
You deserve a Nobel Prize, sir. Respect.
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Outstanding, and quality work. I would not of thought the camera would work. It did. Thanks for sh
Amazing work, almost as complex as a watch
From the removal and cleaning of every little detail to the replacement of heavily damaged parts, it is all done meticulously and precisely 😀
That is both incredible & remarkable, nice work.
I am mesmerized. It was like hypnotic therapy watching this
Such a great job. 👍
👌🏻I restored a yashica linx and it’s nice to see more people who recover this pieces of history ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
My father has one, it's stopped working but is utterly beautiful!
Brilliant, fascinating, joyful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The patients of this guy....🤩🤩🤩
It's a joy to see a camera being healed like this for a new life
It's fake rust dude
@@lucab1733 I know
Hi Guys Wow That Was Great Impressed Iv Never Done A Retro Camera Before Keep It Up Stay Safe All Best M. England.
Loved this video,good job. So pleasant to watch.
This was extremely satisfying to watch.
Nice restoration! Another film camera on field, great job!
Mate this film camera will not be out on any field he destroyed the lens and from that much grease it will jam within a few weeks 😊
Omg that was so satisfying to watch!!!!!
Great job, enjoying to watch. 👍
Well done you have great skills and patience.
Phew!!! While you were fixing the lens i had an anxiety attack ... 😄😄😄👍👍
awesone! the pictures are amazing!
Say wha? There is no way that you can save that...wow. I guess you can! Great work!
This was really great
I hope you to keep adding more other videos, subscribed
Thank you so much!
Fantastic work! Honorable!!
Awesome! Great work indeed 👌
Absolutely stunning mate. Hell of a job. Smart solution to repair the film transport handle with epoxy. And very interesting to see, the filmbed is slightly curved. You made the camera work again, with relatively good and sharp images, at least for a 1960 camera. Well done!
It's fake bro
Thank you for your wonderful effort for making such a great video by restoring that old camera! Was a lot of interesting video to learn how and what type of mechanism was used to use that day! But some how I feel that camera could've deserve a more detailing like using more cleaning against rust, using better quality colour, better cleaning inside the film chamber, little bit of more buffing against scratch etc. Otherwise 👍
It's fake
Fake
Good job. Precise work
Such a pleasure you did not add a fucking music track!! THANK YOU!
Wow, that's amazing
Wow man. Beautiful job. Nice Fuji homage.
Wow all that and not a single word was said! Wow!! 👍😲
Well done. I have so much respect for people who can disassemble, restore and reassemble tiny old complex mechanical devices like watches and cameras. It’s like brain surgery on a gnat.
Well done! I would have thought the camera was a write-off.
Awesome!!! I might have missed this or a new gasket wasn't inserted but I've always wondered where one would get that rear door seal. Those never lasted long on these 35mm cameras. thanks for video!
Excellent restoration!
This is a great restoration.
Amazing work .. I'm so impressed .. You gave that old and rusty camera a second life !!
Greetings from France
Oui bonjour
I need more old camera repair. This just doesn't exist like this ....well not that I know of.
This sound is pleasing to the ear
Well I think this is an excellent restoration. You know what you are doing with the screws, parts and springs. Yes, the amount of lubricant is way too generous, it can spread and spill. The 50mm lens is of course awful and very likely the back focus (distance from the lens to the film plane) is off, hence the rather soft focus, but you were lucky that there were no missing, broken, highly corroded or worn parts. Anyway: always love watching people restoring or modifying these old all-mechanical cameras (motion picture or still). Great stuff!
Das ist doch mal fein gemacht!
What Language is it??
@@radilfavaia6217 German!
It's nice to have an old camera getting restored, for the first time ever.
Awesome video and restoration
Anyway what amazing work you did! Congratulations!
빛 바랜듯한 색감, 조금은 뿌연듯한 화면... 어렸을적 집에 카메라가 없어서 어머님께서 사진사를 불러서 찍어주셨던 기억이 나네요. 카메라도 전화기도 자가용도 없던 시절이었는데 하루종일 친구들과 밖에서 뛰어놀던 시절.
Marvelous! Thank you...
AMAZING. You are amazing.
Really really good!
This was so great, subscribed!
Greaaaaaaaat
greetings to you from Egypt
I started my retail/wholesale/photographer career, in the early 1970's. I've seen many cheap early cameras like this one, but not this brand. The meter looked like the very old type, that did not use a battery. It probably took okay photos, though.
We've come a long way, in photography. I worked in a pawn shop for two years. I was in charge of anything relating to photography. I had hundreds of great cameras and lenses, that needed repair, in one way or another. Only a few were repaired in my time there, and those repairs didn't fix the issue. The cameras came back worse, than they went in for. That was in the 90's. None were digital. But some were really nice cameras. I remember a Nikon F3 with motor drive. Clean. Other nice cameras as well. Not much was done with those hundreds of cameras and lenses, after I left. The pawn shop was turned into a parking lot, years ago.
How much is that if restored? Just an idea please? What's the year model? Thanks
@@constantinatanita1687 If you're talking about the camera shown here, I wouldn't bother restoring it. If you want an inexpensive 35mm film camera, I would check with pawn shops, camera repair shops and even camera stores. Maybe even garage sales. You should be able to find a nice working camera. Film and procesding/printing are still available. Who knows, you might find a digital camera in good condition. Be careful in your search. If you are knowledgeable about cameras, you should be okay. If not, take someone with you, that is. I worked in the photo industry for decades. I had my own business taking photos and I was even I evolved in professional sports. I also worked for Nikon. And I worked retail in camera stores. I know.
Best of luck to you!
No plans to restore mine, got 3 old cameras here. I wanna sell them, 1970s, 80s, thanks
@@constantinatanita1687 oh hello there 😅
@@constantinatanita1687 what brand?
What a great job!
wow actually impressive
Good work. Cheers!
that is just astonishing!
Meiko were the maker of the cheapest of Japanese cameras, in Japan they are usually referred as "toy" cameras. They were the kind of camera you would get as a gift if you had very cheap grandparents, or which you could get in America from a comic book ad. Some of them have a bit of value due to their rareness, they have become rare because they were usually thrown away when they stopped working, and most of them stopped working rather quickly.
This is super interesting thank you for the comment!!
Simply amazing 👏
Love Acros. Amazing video
я не верил до конца что ЭТО можно заставить работать.. автору - ты Золотые Руки. Лайк однозначно. p.s. Сам восстанавливаю старые объективы, но тут - уровень Бог
와~ 이건 정말 말이 안나올 정도로 대단한 실력이네요.
you professional restoration 👏
love from morrocco
Beautiful.
Very fine restoration. 👍
Well!!! Amazing video
Tell you WHAT!! "THAT WAS A GREAT JOB"!!!
Видос снят явно для тех кто любит посмотреть на чудо.Кто занимался этим реально, поймет,что камеру предварительно приукрасили,в ковычках говоря.При внешнем состоянии,внутри должно быть на много хуже.У него и шестерёнки крутятся,и винтики без проблем откручиваются .Видос для просмотров из любопытства.
так он еще и шестеренки со ржавчиной обратно засунул th-cam.com/video/7Cjq6Q5bqiI/w-d-xo.html
Полностью с Вами согласен!
Great job.
Amazing working congratulations!
The encrustacean of gunk does indeed look deliberately applied. Play the video in reverse to see how it was done.
Agreed. If you've ever spent any time at all cleaning or restoring items with significant corrosion; this is not at all what it looks like. And these are not the kind of results you can expect. The top and lens components looked to be covered in "goo" to roughly simulate rust or brass corrosion. That it all wiped off without pitting to reveal a more or less perfect metal surface underneath; is proof positive that this video is a scam.
exactly, as it touched water it released colours immediately and came of with no effort.
Yes, he does a bad fake aging before the “repair”! 🤣
A lot of these restorations are 85% fake. All old zippo-type restorations look like they've been jammed with potting soil. Same with this. Looks like it was smeared with chocolate sauce.
Damn you noticed that as well? It looks like he just painted it to make it look dirty and old. If it looked like that on the outside and inside where the film goes, then how in the hell are all the mechanisms still intact and free? I have cameras that look like this for reals and they’re pretty much toast as everything is frozen up.
Wow!! very good~!!!
Great job buddy 👍
Amazing work man!! 🙌✨
Wow! Amazing!
Fantastic video.
Amazing work. Try and do that to these modern imaging computers to today. My Contax G2 has stopped working, and I know what is wrong with it, but no one is willing to repair it. A brilliant camera is just sitting there.
Although it took the longest time to restore this old camera, this was something that was shown most recently.
Not exactly apples to apples in terms of complexity.
Masterful accomplishment! I appluad the detail, patience, and precise workmanship! BRAVO!
I restored my camera similar to this one. How did you rewind the film when you were done with the roll? The take up spool on mine doesnt de-clutch even if i switch the rewind lever to the rewind position. Only the center cog reverses but not the take up spool. I'm stumped. Good video btw.
Real or not, you watch Avatar and never question it's authenticity. This is relaxing and wonderful to watch. Thank you.
Avatar doesn't present its characters as real...
Unless soap can remove rust like it was chocolate powder over plastic, it is false.
BRAVO
Very very nice work 👌👍
Great work
Thank you for your video
Greetings you and your beautiful girl from France
Great job!!
This is so good