Loose aperture blades and other details in Yashica-Mat Copal-MXV

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2019
  • The aperture blades was Loose so could not close down to f/22 and the shutter blades was not working very good, and the slow gear was not working correct on 1 second in this old Yashica-Mat with a Copal-MXV shutter and a Yashinon 1:3.5 f=80mm.
    it was not a big problem to disassemble this camera and the shutter, then clean the shutter blades and the aperture blades with Isopropylalcohol 99%. A few things to remember, is to set a mark on the back of the aperture control ring, before disassemble and also remember how the shutter blades and the aperture blades was sitting
    The real problem was to put the 10 aperture blades back into the shutter, it takes SO MUCH longer than I expected it, so I speed up the process in the video. But it turn out to be a BIG SUCCES.
    Then I also taken out the slow gear because 1. second was way toooo long, because of old sticky oil or dirt, I clean it in Isopropylalcohol 99% and then lube the axle ends ONLY! with very fine, and very little sewing machine oil, and then everything works perfect again

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  • @salihsen8346
    @salihsen8346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for posting this amazingly delicate and patience testing work online. I’m sure someone will be able bring their camera back to life. It also made me appreciate the professionals who work on these even more. Cheers

  • @michaelbalzer4452
    @michaelbalzer4452 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Recommendation for putting the aperture and shutters together at 51:46. Use some not so sticky tape such as Kapton tape. I used that to hold the shutter teeth(?) in place on the bottom, then put the rear of the fixture on top. The great thing about Kapton tape is that it really isn't that sticky, so when I removed it there was no tape residue left on the shutters. And even if there was, it would most likely be easily taken off with some ISO alcohol.
    Other than that, great video! This helped me clean the shutters on my MAT 124. Now i just need to fix the lever, and light meter... I guess that's the life of owning old cameras haha.

  • @robertyoung1777
    @robertyoung1777 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have the upmost respect for your skills and for the engineering that went into developing and building these great cameras.

  • @mari01ge
    @mari01ge 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you very much for this video. I managed to clean and fix a sticky shutter of my Mat 124g.

  • @jeffdevries5044
    @jeffdevries5044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you very much for going in to so much detail. I am certainly more encouraged that I can get my Yashica D working properly again.

  • @alekseitido4420
    @alekseitido4420 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thnx a lot for this video! Yashica Mat LM, was selftimer problem, now problem is gone. Thnx!!

  • @jieelyuu
    @jieelyuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Yashica-D has a faulty shutter and stuck self-timer. Your video is the closest and clearest I can find online. Thanks for sharing and it would definitely help my repair a lot!

  • @stevespencer9001
    @stevespencer9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent Mike!! just held my breath for 1.42 phew!!

  • @alangauld6079
    @alangauld6079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video, very interesting. I would have liked to see you assembling the aperture rings in real-time, not speeded up because that looked tricky but otherwise a fascinating step by step video. I've repaired a few old cameras but I've never had to dismantle things quite so much, thankfully!

  • @mohammadashrafkhokhar5678
    @mohammadashrafkhokhar5678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its really amazing watching your videos.i have the yashica 124g in mint condition and in perfect working order. Its really nice to see how everything works inside the camera. Keep it up.

  • @aakifaslam6098
    @aakifaslam6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gave me the confidence to open up and fix my Yashica Mat 124, super helpful video

  • @carlcarlson983
    @carlcarlson983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for another great video. Helped me fix my Yashica Mat that was only firing 1/500s and bulb.
    As a side note, it is possible to remove the leatherette in (mostly) one piece, but it takes some time and patience.
    First use a hairdryer to soften the leatherette and the glue, then apply some isopropyl alcohol around the edges until you can gentry pry the edge up with a finger nail or other implement that won’t scratch the paint, then repeat this process of applying the alcohol and lifting the edges until the leatherette eventually comes away. I was able to reuse mine, with just a small corner that ripped.

    • @mikeno62
      @mikeno62  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Carl, I also sometimes use the hairdryer to soften the leatherette, but it's a good idea to use Isopropylalcohol to soften the leatherette so it's more easy to pry off, without make marks on the painting :-)

    • @jncocoa
      @jncocoa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey there! my yashica 124 has this exact problem (only bulb and 1/500 works) may I ask how you ended up fixing it? did you have to disassemble the whole shutter like in this video? any help would be appreciated!

    • @carlcarlson983
      @carlcarlson983 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jncocoa there are a bunch of pins that sit within slots cut into the ring, seen at 21:52. These move as you rotate the speed dial to give you the necessary shutter speed. One of these pins had slipped out of its rails and was stuck under the plate that rotates when you change the shutter speed so it wasn’t doing anything when you turned the shutter speed dial. I took this plate off and made sure the pins were sitting right in these slots and tested the shutter speeds worked before reassembling.

  • @neilpiper9889
    @neilpiper9889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a 1957 Yashica Mat with a 75mm 3.5 Lumaxar lens and Copal mxv shutter. The slow speeds are off. I am getting PPP repairs to give it a CLA when Covid lockdown is over. An interesting video.

  • @THE19777
    @THE19777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey thank you so much for making this video. I was able to fix my yashica mat em that i bought yesterday with the help of your video. Keep up the good work man!

  • @Casualfulltime
    @Casualfulltime 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your level of skill and understanding is mind blowing! I can’t believe how intricate and complex these cameras actually are. Truly an object of much beauty. I love my yashica 635 even more now knowing just how much is going on every time I compose, cock the shutter and fire it. Thanks for your great videos.

  • @petersmall6846
    @petersmall6846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for creating these videos to help others.

  • @lycosa2000
    @lycosa2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just subscribed. I've watched a few videos now and I'm learning a lot. I love those old TLR cameras and have thought about fixing a couple. This is an excellent resource. Thank you!

  • @jeffdevries5044
    @jeffdevries5044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Kenneth. Thanks again for this video. As it turns out my Yashica D had four spacers for the lens plate and one dropped into the side focus mechanics. So the whole side had to come off. Fantastic how serviceable these old cameras are. You’re video is really helpful. Thanks.

  • @janskrdlant4197
    @janskrdlant4197 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi, this is really useful and amazing what you did here. No easy stuff at all. Thanks!

  • @d0qtrx
    @d0qtrx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video has been immensely helpful in working on the shutter in my Yashica-12 Thank you!

  • @peevonb7070
    @peevonb7070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you ever so much for making this video. It helped me out a lot.

  • @TakingOverCAST
    @TakingOverCAST 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video!! I'm trying to do more and more self repair on my cameras so this is super helpful!

  • @jeffdevries5044
    @jeffdevries5044 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is a great resource for me. I referred to it again today to fix a second Yashica TLR, today a 1962 Yashica-Mat. Thank you.

  • @darryld9719
    @darryld9719 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have several yashica mats with the copal shutters.....They work but I want to clean them.....your video is excellent and priceless!......so are all your videos....I collect the Kodak reflex also....would love to see you rip into the Kodakmatic shutter.....thank you!

  • @ggaffrey8573
    @ggaffrey8573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chris Sherlock has camera repair videos and he uses a jig made of sockets for the assembly of diaphragms and shutters. Pretty quick process.

    • @mikeno62
      @mikeno62  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I was thinking of make a gig just like Chris and try how it can be useful.

  • @christophemoffett
    @christophemoffett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    your strong!!! tanks a lot! because of you i fix mine

  • @eksund1900
    @eksund1900 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent! Really like your videos! Godt arbeit!

  • @stanislavgdovin3247
    @stanislavgdovin3247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great job! tusinde tak for such nice and relaxing video !
    Fellow camera repair novice :)

    • @mikeno62
      @mikeno62  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Stanislav :-)

  • @np-nl8ck
    @np-nl8ck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thankyou very much I learnt a lot

  • @xarkef
    @xarkef 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative, thank you!

  • @shawncorrigan1759
    @shawncorrigan1759 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU!

  • @pamanthanos9742
    @pamanthanos9742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hello mr kenneth did you have tutorials too repair stuck film winder? especially yashica lm film winder/crank

  • @dch2896
    @dch2896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are amazing 👏 ❤ 💖 💕

  • @khoapham1691
    @khoapham1691 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the detailed video! I just wonder that if the aperture blades and gears were lubricated with oil in the past, shouldn’t I re-lubricate it with something else after washing the old oil off?

  • @pedrodutra4088
    @pedrodutra4088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you i managed to clean everything and it's all working! just a request, if you could do a video showing how to calibrate focus on TLR's! there's nothing like this out there

    • @mikeno62
      @mikeno62  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank's Pedro, the TLR adjustment is on my ToDo list.

    • @pedrodutra4088
      @pedrodutra4088 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikeno62 Would much appreciate. taking the lens out sometimes mess up the focus, it's a pain!

    • @squib308
      @squib308 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pedrodutra4088 I saw a photo album of a guy repairing his Yashica TLR. He said 'when I was all done I used the autocollimator to verify/fix the focus'. That's neat, but certainly not helpful to me. (unless it simply says I need to find a real camera repair place and have them do it?)

  • @dickviddicus
    @dickviddicus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video! I’m thinking most of this should be transferable to the Mat 124 G.

  • @roberthdavies
    @roberthdavies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello,I have a Yashica 125g,The glass over the light meter top is missing,Do you know of a way that it can bereplaced.Thank you,

  • @Octa111
    @Octa111 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi do you have a medonstration on how to take apart this lens. I have the same exact camera but there is some cloudiness between the lens elements.
    Also if the rear coating of the lens is degraded on almost half of the lens should I try to take it off or what do you recommend I do. Thank you!

  • @ellyrion8173
    @ellyrion8173 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredibly useful video!
    I'm at the stage of removing the escapement to clean it (around the 58 minute mark) but cant seem to undo those slotted screws - my screwdriver is the right size but it just seems to slip over the top of them and strip the screws a little which is not good at all, and I dont want to use any penetrating oil on the screws to loosen them in case it gets into other mechanisms in the shutter.
    Just wondering what screwdriver you used and what type would be advisable for unscrewing bits of the shutter mecahnism? Thanks :)
    EDIT* Just spotted it - for others wondering its a Wera Flat Precision Screwdriver 0.3 x 1.8 mm

    • @jachu1959
      @jachu1959 ปีที่แล้ว

      Można użyć do penetracji, wysokiej jakości silikonowego oleju do konserwacji kołowrotków wędkarskich (np. PENN) w minimalnej ilości, podawanej najlepiej strzykawką insulinową.

  • @yunxingliu8177
    @yunxingliu8177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, mikeno62, I just acquired a Yachica-Mat 124 (without the G). Film was able to advance, but the shutter did not fire. I was able to press the shutter button, but leafs did not open in the lens. After pressing the shutter button, was able to advance to next frame. Still, shutter button can push, but leafs not open? I am wondering if this could be fixed myself? I searched up your videos but did not find this problem on Yashica MAT 124. Thanks

  • @alyarrf
    @alyarrf ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, I have a yashica 635, will that be the same from inside?
    To timer to work smoothly, by mistake I used wd40 from the outside. And I got myself in trouble. Now the wd40 is everywhere inside. What should I use to clean it off, alcohol?

  • @alyarrf
    @alyarrf ปีที่แล้ว

    QUESTION: If I don't open the shutter plate, and dip the whole thing in alcohol, to remove oil from the shutter and aperture flaps, will that work?

  • @jieelyuu
    @jieelyuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just curious, what does the washer 11:26 do? I checked the repair manual and they seems to be called “regulating washer”

    • @aakifaslam6098
      @aakifaslam6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were put in to adjust the focus/angle of the lens assembly

  • @WintherKl
    @WintherKl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hejsa, fikser du også kameraer for andre? Vh Niels

  • @Zetaphotography
    @Zetaphotography 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do we send them to you for CLA
    My shutter is stuck in low speeds.

  • @vanessaparla6365
    @vanessaparla6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! I took apart my slow gear in my Yashica Mat em (thinking it would come out in one piece like this model) but a tiny spring popped out and I’m not sure how to put it back now properly :( could you be of any assistance?! Thank you so much!

    • @MarceloCN
      @MarceloCN 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe you can trace it with the repair manual.

  • @mrmagoo916
    @mrmagoo916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What yr was this camera made , anyone know thanks.

  • @SocPg-zs5ns
    @SocPg-zs5ns 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello! I have lost the flash sync spring that you showed how to remove at 25:09! How can I replace it?? Is it even possible to find a replacement? Will this mean that the camera will not sync with flash ever again? Please help! I havefound spring steel wire but don't know the diameter, 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.25mm. I wouldn't say it is 0.3mm because it seems too thick going by memory. Can someone confirm?

  • @mrmagoo916
    @mrmagoo916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ? Where do you find good screw drivers. I'm sick of the cheap junk.

    • @THE19777
      @THE19777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should get the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) ones. I recommend vessel brand. They're reasonably priced and good.