Recent content by gordonrgw

Hi, anyone with Periflex experience here? I have a decent Periflex 1, ok condition, one tiny hole in the shutter curtains that I can deal with, shutter speeds seem fine (except 1/30 which acts like bulb, i can live with that!) However.. The wind-on knob sticks every frame or two which is a...

Work smart (hopefully), not hard :D

Ah, so there was no take-up on this and after watching a couple of teardown videos it didn't look like a complex strip-down would get me any closer to mirror removal. So... At the risk of the sound of pearl-clutching from the collector community I decided to take a more direct route. As in my...

Hi, My Kine Exakta's mirror could do with a resilvering, there's a company here in the UK that can do that. However, I need to extract the mirror from the camera to get the work done. Does anyone know how to get the lens out? I've removed the mount from the camera body, however, the Kine...

I was looking for some too, I have some spare 5x4 sheaths I was planning on cutting down to size.

Thanks also for this, I have a just-acquired Konica I Cs with slightly off speeds. Is it also possible to remove the rear lens element for cleaning, looks like it can be removed from the rear using a lens spanner..

Current favourite - and carry-around - is the Zeiss Tenax I - compact. pocketable and 50 frames on 36 exposure 135, only downside is the slightly fiddly aperture control, the rest - the winder, shutter button etc all nicely designed. (It was missing its original take-up reel and my hand-fettled...

Interesting that Gregory Crewdson was mentioned earlier. Do you not think that Crewdson and Sherman are very similar in intent in their practices? Constructed narratives with a little interpretation left to the viewer.

Posted yesterday on YT by John Finch the second half covers citric acid stop.

if you can find a Lowepro Dashpoint 20 a Hassy A12 back fits in those nice and snugly..

Rollei balanced on something and a cable release? Vivian playing around??

As far as I can remember, it's just a couple of screws to open up and pretty easy to clean..