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Leica IIIg, 50mm f/2 Summicron, Rollei Retro 80s, Bellini Euro-HC, E, 10min, 20C

I've also generally had leaks from inserting and removing the dark slide on the magazines on my Kiev-88. The seal was still good once the slide is out. This was not so much an issue as I mainly only shoot one type of film anyway, and left the slide out until the film was fully exposed. So my...

You can always print one of these..... https://expomat.tripod.com/

A couple of weeks ago I serviced a Zeiss Ikon Nettax for a friend, One of the shutter straps had come loose from the top curtain. Luckily the stitching had prevented it from going through the friction buckle on the lower curtain. It was a matter of stitching the strap back to the top curtain...

The Kodak Medalist was definitely in official use by the US Navy. I'm unaware of any other medium format cameras being officially issued to the US Military at the time. There aren't any mentioned in the TO&E for a US Signal Photographic Company in Summer 1944. Of course, you see medium format...

It looks like a K-20 camera. (or a previous model of it). The thing about the K-20 is that you should NEVER dry-fire the shutter as this will kill the membrane that sucks the film flat on exposure. I would at least cover up the 'pressure plate' openings with a sheet of 4x5" to prevent this...

I am dealing with a broken 'tooth' on the carrier in this planetary gearbox inside a Graflex Combat KE-4 Cut a brass strip and shaped it like an "L", refined it until it would clamp into this position. But I couldn't get the new "tooth" properly angled so it would disengage with the...

Good to hear you go it back it back into spec. I remember reading that the choice of only shooting 11 frames on the Super Ikontas was decided upon, basically because of 120 spools had different core thickness between various manufacturers at the time and that would cause differences in frame...

I've had similar experiences servicing the frame counter mechanism on 532/16 cameras. Assembly needs to be in a specific order and the gears, ratchets and cams need to mesh just right. I had one case where a few stripped teeth on the sun and orbital gear prevented the frame lock from engaging...

Spent the last week, on and off, smoothing out this unknown Contax-to-LTM mount. The focus threads and RF coupling tube were both binding inside the mount. It was so tight it would just unscrew the lens from the camera. I applied a fine abrasive polish on the offending parts a few times until...

www.shoot70mm.com is another store-front for https://mercuryworks.store/ I'm probably going to be in the market for some 70mm Mercury Murnau 100 BW in the near future. Once a certain camera arrives next week.

Aires 35 IIIc, Rollei Retro 80s. Bellini Euro-HC, dillution E for 10 minutes at 20 celcius.

Christmas Gift to myself......

Yep, you can't change them individually. The whole thing runs on one roller with tree individual springs (as per the drawing). if the gap size changes on the higher speeds and/or the upper curtain does not close fully on slower speeds, than you do not have enough tension on the entire roller ...

Shot a roll of Fomapan 200 Creative with a Zeiss Super Ikonta 532/16 Exposed at E.I.130, developed as 200 in Bellini Euro-HC, dilution E, 5.5minutes at 20C , as noted on the Massive Dev Chart. Negatives came out thin. Salvageable with a bit of Photoshop, but I'm not particularly happy with the...