A Post type for Vintage Cameras
The Argus C4 is a 35mm rangefinder camera which was made in the United States in the 1950s and although not as popular in Europe as in the States, there were enough made that it is relatively easy to find a copy here.
This post follows on from the last in the series and covers reassembly of the OM-1n camera.
This post describes the procedure I used to strip down and repair an Olympus OM-1n 35mm SLR camera.
Cleaning and re-assembling the Carl Zeiss Werra Mat camera after it’s strip down and repair.
In this post I’m going to show how I cleaned the shutter of the Carl Zeiss Werra Mat and re-assembled it
The first part of a series describing how I stripped down and cleaned a Carl Zeiss Werra Mat 35mm 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 Fujica 35-SE is a 35mm rangefinder camera which was made in Japan by the Fuji Photo Film co in about 1959.
Stripping down a Pentacon Pentina 35mm leaf shutter SLR camera
This post describes a Zeiss Ikon Nettar II folding camera which was made in about 1949 and takes type 120 film
The Kodak Retinette type 017 is a 35mm folding camera with a Prontor SV shutter and a Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar 50mm f/4.5 lens.
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.
