Yashica J 35Â mm rangefinder camera
The Yashica J is a 35mm rangefinder camera made in about 1961. It is of fairly simple construction with a limited range of settings and is fitted with a 45mm f/2.8 Yashinon lens.

The Yashica J is a 35mm rangefinder camera made in about 1961. It is of fairly simple construction with a limited range of settings and is fitted with a 45mm f/2.8 Yashinon lens.

Stripping down a Pentacon Pentina 35mm leaf shutter SLR camera

The Yashica J-P is a basic 35mm slr camera of typical design for the time it was made in the early 1960s. It’s a fully mechanical, fully manual camera with no exposure meter, auto aperture, split level focusing aid etc.

A short post showing how to remove the slow speed escapement from the Franka Super Franarette camera for cleaning.

A Review of the Petri Penta V6 35mm SLR camera from 1965.

This repair article shows how I stripped down a Petri Flex V camera in order to learn the technique.

This is a post detailing the Konica Autoreflex T2 SLR top cover removal procedure.

This is the second part of my post describing my adventures with a Carl Zeiss Werra 1 35mm viewfinder camera.

The first part in a short series about how I tried to clean up a very rusty shutter from a Carl Zeiss Werra 1 camera

The third and final part of the short series describing my attempt to repair a Ricoh Singlex TLS camera.

The second part of the series on repairing a Singlex TLS 35 mm vintage camera

The first part of my attempt to strip down and repair the Ricoh Singlex TLS given to my by a reader of the blog