Agfa Karat IV repairs and cleanup
The procedure I used to get my Agfa Karat IV back into fully working condition.
Vintage Cameras
A Post type for Vintage Cameras
Impressive Agfa Karat IV 35mm rangefinder camera
The Agfa Karat IV was the final iteration of the Karat design and probably the most impressive of the line up.
Ciro-flex medium format TLR camera
The ciro-flex is quite a simple camera in design, with no complex frame counting or film advance mechanism and so, once the shutter and focus are correctly set, there isn’t much to go wrong with it.
Ciro-flex repair and clean up.
Covering the repair of a Ciroflex TLR camera.
Altissa Altix IV 35mm viewfinder camera
The Altissa Altix IV is probably what would be described as a miniature camera. It is similar in size to the Agfa Karat, although without the collapsible lens assembly.
Ciro-flex TLR shutter strip down and service
This article covers the strip down and servicing of the shutter used in the CiroFlex TLR camera
Ihagee Exa 500 slow speed repair
This post looks at the process I needed to carry out when I fixed the slow speeds on my Exa 500 camera.
Pentax Program A sample pictures
A post showing some sample photos taken with the Pentax Program A SLR camera
Exakta Exa 500 35mm camera
The Exa line of cameras was an entry level 35mm camera made by Ihagee in Dresden, which was started as a model for people who didn’t want to go the the expense of the company’s Exakta range.
The 1947 Voigtlander Vito 35Â mm Folding camera
A look at a 35mm folding camera made by Voigtlander the Voigtlander Vito from about 1947
Exakta Exa II shutter repair
Showing how I repaired a sticking first curtain on my Exakta Exa II 35mm SLR camera
Exakta Exa II 35Â mm SLR camera
The Exakta Exa II was a camera made by the East German Ihagee camera company in the early part of the 1960s.