1950s Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8 - Step by Step Reassembly

Step by step reassembly of a 1950s Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8 cine camera.
I hope this video could be some kind of help for vintage camera tinkerers and lovers.
Have fun!
Music:
"Oh Shay" - Joe Newman / Zoot Sims (1957)
#vintagecamera #vintagelens #photography

[@Klpinfl]

Amazing restoration 👍🏻

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

Thanks!

[@renemies78]

Really cool video. My Movikon 8 needs to be oiled but I have no idea how to take apart so I'm not even going to try. I'm sure I'd lose a small part along the process. But this was so cool seeing inside of the camera.

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

Thanks, i am glad you like it 😀

[@R.C19668]

thanks, very an outstanding project and labour of love. I got a movikon, sadly the lens is infected with mould, I thought i could open to clean the lens, after seeing how complicated the internal mechanism of a movikon, i am convinced I cannot try to open it. I won't be able to put it back together. i already try to fix less complex cameras with very little success. However, the video helps me to understand how extraordinary a precision machine a Movikon 8 is. hats off!

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

Thank you! I think it is not so hard to remove the lens block and try with a little patience.

[@R.C19668]

Thanks for the encouragement, probably one day I'm on the right mindset i will have a go removing and cleaning the lens. Cheers!

[@alexandrepons4098]

Hi, at 1:02, when you put the sping, be careful : the end of the spring (with the 90° bend going up) going up the camera needs to be to the right of the knob. Othewise the frame by frame shot doesn't work.

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

Thanks for the input. Its been sometime since then and i can't remember exactly what i did. Thanks again.

[@alexandrepons4098]

Are there any precautions to be taken when disassembling the camera? Very interesting video btw!!

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

Thank you. Nothing special from what i remember.

[@ollek]

can you make a video of ho wyou turn it in to a 16mm cam?

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

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[@picnet]

Was oil used during the reassembly or do they generally run dry?

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

Oil, grease or nothing, dependts the spot.

[@hypnotised-clover]

Shame your winder is coroded. It is a beautiful and strange camera.

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

It is a shame yes, but that is life... On the other hand i really enjoyed tinkering with it and now runs as it should :)

[@hypnotised-clover]

@@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole I got one myself and it is absurdly loud, is it supposed to be this way?

[@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole]

@@hypnotised-clover I don't think so. Compared to others this is very quiet!