Recomended Reference books for LF Camera Assembly & Dissasembly?

Magpie

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Hi All,

I am about to start a LF project and was wondering if anyone can recommend any reference books that show how to assemble and disassemble older LF lenses and cameras etc?

Specifically I will be cleaning up some older 'seized up' barrel lenses and mounting some into modified (stretched) polaroid and other modified MF folders.

Also a good source for camera specific tools that sell on the internet? I buy some items from Micro Mark Tools so I am looking for any other firms that ship to Australia.

Thanks

Brendan
 

Ian Grant

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Someone posted a link to a great supplier of tools, in another thread on this site, in the last few days. Some very specialist photographic tools were listed.

I can't find the link, I remember going to the site and there were 2 options, US or Europe, and on the European site a PDF catalogue download, which I saved - but not on my home PC's.

I've found free service manuals which can be downloaded for a number of different camera's from 35mm Pentax MX's to various Graflex's, others can be bought quite cheaply.

Ian
 
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Greg_E

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http://www.microtools.com

Also check ebay, there is a guy in Japan that sells many of the same tools, but shipping to the USA makes Micro Tools cheaper for me.
 

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Kerry Thalmann talked about www.reidsupply.com as a good source at the View Camera conference. They are in Muskegon, Michigan USA. You can browse their catalog (45,000 items) on line or order in on CD or in print. I have the hard copy version here, 1 inch by 7.5 inches by 11 inches. You don’t want to ship that to England. I don’t know if they ship product over seas. Often I find browsing a catalog such as this helpful even if I can’t have the items shipped. It shows you what you need so you can pursue it locally.

Good luck,

John Powers
 

Dan Dozer

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I've found "Restoring Classic & Collectible Cameras" by Thomas Tomosy to be of some help. While it also shows small and medium format cameras, there are are a number of good photographs of older cameras, shutters, and lenses disassembled. This book was put out by Amherst Media Publishing in 1998.
 

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Another good place for reference might be the Yahoo group "Camera-fix"
Dead Link Removed as well as the kyphoto forums
 
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