Recent content by JeanPaul

Ik chose the Olympus 35 SP and Kodak Retina IIIS when I had that question. Yashica Electro 35 GTN is als a great option if you can live with a semi automatic.

Hi, I'm a sixty and plus year old enthousiast for all photography related. I started back in the day when I got my first 126 kodak camera from my father And from there on it went down the rabbit hole. I own several digital and analogue equipment ranging from Nikon, Fujifilm, Mamiya, Zeiss...

I have the "Shutter Lover" tester from the big auction site. It's a guy from France who makes them. It works stand alone, but you ca also connect it to your PC by USB. I'm now considering the "Baby Shutter Tester" from the same maker for leaf shutters. I have a simple sensor now that can be used...

Hi, I'm repairing one of these. Do perhaps have the whole document?

Search for 9x12 film sheaths. I've been trying that. It's down the rabbit hole stuff. I tried Google, eBay, local Marktplaats (NL), some vintage online camera stores, this forum and the Large format forum. Even tried German. All ends up none. I'll go withe the glass plates for a while from...

I used a X-Acto Knife Blade - No.4 to pry open the sides of the Plate holder. Just move the knife under, don't deform the folded sides. At the end there is a tack of solder that you carefully need to pop. Afterwards I applied some WD40 and slide the inner part from the casing. A gave it a...

Hi Donald, thanks for the reply. I'm not trying to completely remove the rust. Just cleaning up. I just took one apart and cleaned it in the ultrasonic. After that a little buff to remove some light rust. The felt comes completely clean. I will start with glass plates. Is is possible to make...

I'm not sure if this is the correct treat to respond. I have a set of three metal 726/7 pop-off plate holders for 9x12 cm for my Ideal 225. I'm quit new to this format. The plate holders need a clean up. Does anybody have a suggestion how to handle that? They are a little bit rusty, but mostly...