Thanks for all these helpful tips - all these dismounting strategies really help making camera repairs really easy. I had a fogged Zoom lens that I wanted to throw away, I gave it a shot at cleaning and now it is in perfect working order again!
Thank u, i love this channel. I didnt find any information of soligor spot meter disasembly and i had to figure out my self the process. Thanks to you i made a lens friction tol with the rubber ring of some plastic binoculars
The Xpan, out of production for just a little over decade, properly would not be considered a vintage camera... but what a cool camera, definitely a classic.
Is the main spring for the shutter available for the 127mm f3.8 lens for the mamiya rb 67
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awesome! am i right in thinking that there is no alignment worries in taking lenses apart? all individual lenses sit snug in their housing? only alignment is with shimmy rings?
Can you recommend the make and model of spanner wrench you use for canon FD lenses? The previous link seems to not be workiung properly. Thanks Alot for the video!
A local bike repair shop might share a glop of silicone bicycle chain grease that will work in a pinch. A product that works very well in most helicoid service application is MicroLubrol Helimax-XP . Available here - astore.amazon.com/fixoldcam-20/detail/B00D0HOLBE
astore.amazon.com/fixoldcam-20/detail/B002QIACDO This spanner wrench would be ideal, but might be considered to costly for one lens repair. The Fix Old Cameras playlist - Lens Repair Basics might also be helpful. Also, with a little imagination and ingenuity, often a suitable spanner wrench can be fashioned from tools or items you have on hand.
hola tienen algún vídeo sobre la reparación del sistema compur de la cámara Voigtlander bessamatic m ,y la limpieza del objetivo zoomar 36 82 , desde ya muchas gracias
great video. Can you please suggest me a tool kit, or the screw driver size. I have the pentax smc m 50 f1.4, but I dont have the right screw driver to unscrew. :-/
JIS type S #00 (.080 - 2.0mm) and JIS type S #000 (.055 - 1.5mm) screwdriver blade sizes will cover nearly all Japanese manufactured classic camera and lens screws. If you want to pick just one then the 2.0mm size would be the choice. For some options you may go to - astore.amazon.com/fixoldcam-20?node=1&page=1
Screwdriver ph 000 from a well known auction site. That's the smallest size available. Try and get a magnetic one. ph 00 fits better for most camera screws.
Yoiu can use a part of a bike inner tube or rubber gloves along with various bottle. deodarant roll on, various sized cans, bottle tops etc tops for the friction tool/
Fix Old Cameras Yep. I thought your videos were very good. I do buy cameras ,lenses etc and fix them and sell them on more expensively sometimes. Ive ruined many a half decent non working camera or lens in the name of research and learning but did them on cheap things. Sometimes i get a bum deal like when a screw just wont budge no matter what and that sort of thing. You really need to get the thing in your hands and inspect it to see if its fixable.
zenoist2 Sounds like you are having fun in the process. Try heating a stubborn screw with the tip of a soldering iron. Also be sure you are using the proper tip and type of screwdriver for the screw being removed.
Ive ruined so many lenses and cameras its untrue in the learning process. About the only good thing you can say about me is I try to pick cheap ones to try out and see how it goes. One good idea is that you need to take a LOT of photos as a record of what you are doing and how everything fits back together. I use a canon a470 which has a rather good macro capability for close up photos. Thank you for the tip.
I'm about to begin purchasing a set of vintage photo lenses for cinematography. I'm based in Japan where I can get good prices on secondhand Mamiya Sekor C 645 and Canon FD prime lenses. Of those two type of lenses, which would you say are the easiest to dismantle and clean? I ask because I can get especially good prices on lenses with fungus, etc - and, thanks to your tutorials, I'm quite keen to buy "junk" lenses and fix them myself! :-) Hope you see this message and can offer your opinion on the subject. If anyone here in the comments section has an opinion on the difficulty of dismantling and cleaning Mamiya Sekor C 645 versus dismantling and cleaning Canon FD prime lenses, I'd also be very grateful for your advice (I notice that some of you seem to have extensive experience). Thanks :-)
The FD's pivoting breech mount might cause a little difficulty on reassembly, but once you figure out the timing it should not prove to be too difficult. Otherwise as a general overview that are probably equal. However, different focal lengths require some changes in the disassembly.
I never ever dismantled my Yashica SLR camera lenses. Can I go ahead and take the risk of cleaning the SLR lenses? Even if I be extra cautious while handling this, what is the risk involved in damaging the lenses? Cheers from Kolkata, India.
Unfortunately the T-132 spanner wrench is apparently no longer available. You might find a suitable substitute here. www.amazon.com/shop/fixoldcameras?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp
Hi Folks, Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. I'm putting this question here figuring it is a basic question. Have you had any luck cleaning a camera from a smoker? I picked up a beautiful Black Enameled Canon FT and when I opened the box I was overwhelmed with a heavy nicotine odor. I should return same but other than that it is a nice camera with a 1.4 FL lens. I am an ex-smoker so I know that nicotine has an oily residue. I figure I'll use some alcohol wipes to wipe down the entire camera. After that is done I do not know what to try next. Any ideas or suggestions will be great. I also have the original ERC case and it reeks as well. Thanks Tom
The Contact Cleaner available here www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-c06c729d?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp Spray on a cleaning wipe and rub the camera down. Also, n-Hexane or brake cleaner n-Hexane will not harm plastics. Once it looks good, if there still is an odor, pack in crumbled news print and keep changing out the news print every couple of days. Eventually the stale smoke smell will be completely gone. Treat the case the same way it might take quite a bit longer for the smell to be drawn out.
Thanks, as the last message, apologies for the delay. I do appreciate your responses. I did wipe the camera down with a higher percentage alcohol wipes and I did see a noticeable amber colored residue coming off the camera. I can get Contact Cleaner in my local ACE hardware I'll try that as a second treatment. The ERC case was soaked in warm water and turned inside out. Using dish detergent and a stiff brush I washed it out. Rinsed it and hang dried it for a week. Then used a heat gun to heat up the leatherette so it was pliable to turn it right side out again. Applying a leather restorer makes it looks and smell pretty good now. The camera has also lost it's nicotine smell as well. Thanks for the help.
If the slow speeds are hanging up or sluggish than it usually is caused by the slow speed escapement. It would be possible to show how to access, remove, clean and service the slow speed escapement of a copal between the lens style shutter. As the procedure is somewhat delicate it is not overly technical or involved and could be featured in a Fix Old Camera video. Thank you so very much for your patience and suggestion.
It is a hoot that a young lady going into second grade watches videos featuring classic camera repairs, but when your missing your Poppa, for that moment, you can always face time or text.
Is there any way to open the lens group at (1:54) ?? I have dust between those lenses
Thanks for all these helpful tips - all these dismounting strategies really help making camera repairs really easy. I had a fogged Zoom lens that I wanted to throw away, I gave it a shot at cleaning and now it is in perfect working order again!
Excellent to hear of your success.
Showd all usefulls steps for the beginning. Nice.
Thank u, i love this channel. I didnt find any information of soligor spot meter disasembly and i had to figure out my self the process. Thanks to you i made a lens friction tol with the rubber ring of some plastic binoculars
Me han gustado mucho los metodos caseros de desmontaje, felicitaciones
Excellent.
Thank you so much for this excellent channel. I have subscribed and have learned a lot- most importantly confidence that this isn't that bad.
Very good to hear of your growing confidence in tackling some classic camera repair. Thank you for your interest in FOC.
Great video. Can you do one to show the dissembly of a Hasselblad xpan?
The Xpan, out of production for just a little over decade, properly would not be considered a vintage camera... but what a cool camera, definitely a classic.
Is the main spring for the shutter available for the 127mm f3.8 lens for the mamiya rb 67
awesome! am i right in thinking that there is no alignment worries in taking lenses apart? all individual lenses sit snug in their housing? only alignment is with shimmy rings?
Awesome Video .. you guys helped me a lot.
Thank you.
Can you recommend the make and model of spanner wrench you use for canon FD lenses? The previous link seems to not be workiung properly. Thanks Alot for the video!
SP4 style spanner featured in some of the FOC videos is apparently not presently available. www.amazon.com/shop/fixoldcameras
For small and odd sized dial spinners(usually on the winder) you might be able to make a rubber plug out of sugru.
Indeed... sugru is a most useful product. If you get an opportunity to try it maybe you could comment on the results.
I will.
I use a piece of rubber glove and a bottle lid the right size usually.
hi i have a yashica 35 me (not electro). Are the steps to undoing similar to the electro's?
Hi can you please tell me what is this 0:34😀
Have you any suggestions on the type of grease used on the helicoils for overhauling a lens?
A local bike repair shop might share a glop of silicone bicycle chain grease that will work in a pinch.
A product that works very well in most helicoid service application is MicroLubrol Helimax-XP .
Available here - astore.amazon.com/fixoldcam-20/detail/B00D0HOLBE
Thanks for the tip!
Great VID! The narrator voice is perfect. Can you recommend the make and model of spanner wrench you use for canon FD lenses? Thanks!
astore.amazon.com/fixoldcam-20/detail/B002QIACDO This spanner wrench would be ideal, but might be considered to costly for one lens repair. The Fix Old Cameras playlist - Lens Repair Basics might also be helpful. Also, with a little imagination and ingenuity, often a suitable spanner wrench can be fashioned from tools or items you have on hand.
What basic size jis screwdrivers would I need to tinker with my old cameras?
2.5mm or #0 - www.amazon.com/shop/fixoldcameras
I want to share something with you guys, if you dont have the rubber friction tool, try using the rubber lower part of the cleaning pump
Thank you for the tip and your interest in Fix Old Cameras.
thank you for sharing
hola tienen algún vídeo sobre la reparación del sistema compur de la cámara Voigtlander bessamatic m ,y la limpieza del objetivo zoomar 36 82 , desde ya muchas gracias
The Voigtlander Bessamatic might be featured as some point in time in a FOC video.
Uy, esos Voigtlanders son un poco mas complicados me parece que los lentes normales, como los Canon FD, pentax, los rusos, etc
thanks... for the tips,, great video..
Glad to help.
Can anyone recommend a good way to release a stubborn lens ring that won't come loose with a flat-tipped spanner wrench?
Try seeping isopropyl alcohol around the threads and carefully applying heat.
great video.
Can you please suggest me a tool kit, or the screw driver size. I have the pentax smc m 50 f1.4, but I dont have the right screw driver to unscrew. :-/
JIS type S #00 (.080 - 2.0mm) and JIS type S #000 (.055 - 1.5mm) screwdriver blade sizes will cover nearly all Japanese manufactured classic camera and lens screws. If you want to pick just one then the 2.0mm size would be the choice. For some options you may go to - astore.amazon.com/fixoldcam-20?node=1&page=1
Screwdriver ph 000 from a well known auction site.
That's the smallest size available.
Try and get a magnetic one.
ph 00 fits better for most camera screws.
Yoiu can use a part of a bike inner tube or rubber gloves along with various bottle. deodarant roll on, various sized cans, bottle tops etc tops for the friction tool/
imaginative suggestions for using available items
Fix Old Cameras Yep. I thought your videos were very good.
I do buy cameras ,lenses etc and fix them and sell them on more expensively sometimes.
Ive ruined many a half decent non working camera or lens in the name of research and learning but did them on cheap things.
Sometimes i get a bum deal like when a screw just wont budge no matter what and that sort of thing.
You really need to get the thing in your hands and inspect it to see if its fixable.
zenoist2 Sounds like you are having fun in the process. Try heating a stubborn screw with the tip of a soldering iron. Also be sure you are using the proper tip and type of screwdriver for the screw being removed.
Ive ruined so many lenses and cameras its untrue in the learning process. About the only good thing you can say about me is I try to pick cheap ones to try out and see how it goes.
One good idea is that you need to take a LOT of photos as a record of what you are doing and how everything fits back together. I use a canon a470 which has a rather good macro capability for close up photos.
Thank you for the tip.
Sounds as if you are persistent. Thanks for the comments.
I'm about to begin purchasing a set of vintage photo lenses for cinematography. I'm based in Japan where I can get good prices on secondhand Mamiya Sekor C 645 and Canon FD prime lenses. Of those two type of lenses, which would you say are the easiest to dismantle and clean? I ask because I can get especially good prices on lenses with fungus, etc - and, thanks to your tutorials, I'm quite keen to buy "junk" lenses and fix them myself! :-)
Hope you see this message and can offer your opinion on the subject.
If anyone here in the comments section has an opinion on the difficulty of dismantling and cleaning Mamiya Sekor C 645 versus dismantling and cleaning Canon FD prime lenses, I'd also be very grateful for your advice (I notice that some of you seem to have extensive experience). Thanks :-)
The FD's pivoting breech mount might cause a little difficulty on reassembly, but once you figure out the timing it should not prove to be too difficult. Otherwise as a general overview that are probably equal. However, different focal lengths require some changes in the disassembly.
@@FixOldCameras That's good to know! Thanks for responding - I really appreciate it. And thanks also for the great content :-)
Hi sir I have a question, the camera I biught when it arrived the lens ring is dittached . What can I do to bring it back ?
A few more details has to what type of camera and lens.
I never ever dismantled my Yashica SLR camera lenses. Can I go ahead and take the risk of cleaning the SLR lenses? Even if I be extra cautious while handling this, what is the risk involved in damaging the lenses? Cheers from Kolkata, India.
Is this process still the same with a rangefinder with a fixed lens?
There are similar techniques used in all repairs of any lens. How and what and when will depend on the differences of design and construction.
Where can I find that specific spanner wrench?
Unfortunately the T-132 spanner wrench is apparently no longer available. You might find a suitable substitute here.
www.amazon.com/shop/fixoldcameras?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp
Hi Folks, Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. I'm putting this question here figuring it is a basic question. Have you had any luck cleaning a camera from a smoker? I picked up a beautiful Black Enameled Canon FT and when I opened the box I was overwhelmed with a heavy nicotine odor. I should return same but other than that it is a nice camera with a 1.4 FL lens. I am an ex-smoker so I know that nicotine has an oily residue. I figure I'll use some alcohol wipes to wipe down the entire camera. After that is done I do not know what to try next. Any ideas or suggestions will be great. I also have the original ERC case and it reeks as well. Thanks Tom
The Contact Cleaner available here
www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-c06c729d?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp
Spray on a cleaning wipe and rub the camera down. Also, n-Hexane or brake cleaner n-Hexane will not harm plastics. Once it looks good, if there still is an odor, pack in crumbled news print and keep changing out the news print every couple of days. Eventually the stale smoke smell will be completely gone. Treat the case the same way it might take quite a bit longer for the smell to be drawn out.
Thanks, as the last message, apologies for the delay. I do appreciate your responses. I did wipe the camera down with a higher percentage alcohol wipes and I did see a noticeable amber colored residue coming off the camera. I can get Contact Cleaner in my local ACE hardware I'll try that as a second treatment. The ERC case was soaked in warm water and turned inside out. Using dish detergent and a stiff brush I washed it out. Rinsed it and hang dried it for a week. Then used a heat gun to heat up the leatherette so it was pliable to turn it right side out again. Applying a leather restorer makes it looks and smell pretty good now. The camera has also lost it's nicotine smell as well. Thanks for the help.
Great to hear of your progress. Thanks for the tips on how you handled the cleaning process of the case.
You can use a caliper if you don't have a lens spanner provided the bit to undo isn't too deep
Now I'm ready to take apart my Canon 1200/5.6
Right on. Keep'em going.
Oh and maybe some arm curls and dead weight lifting.
Is it possible to fix slow shutter speed on a old copal graflex lens?
If the slow speeds are hanging up or sluggish than it usually is caused by the slow speed escapement. It would be possible to show how to access, remove, clean and service the slow speed escapement of a copal between the lens style shutter. As the procedure is somewhat delicate it is not overly technical or involved and could be featured in a Fix Old Camera video. Thank you so very much for your patience and suggestion.
Fix Old Cameras Cool! if you need a lens to fix I'd be happy to send you one!
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Miss you Poppa, xoxo from jordy
It is a hoot that a young lady going into second grade watches videos featuring classic camera repairs, but when your missing your Poppa, for that moment, you can always face time or text.
great
can u solve my prblm