What did you fix today? (part 2)

OAPOli · Mar 23, 2025

This Olympus 35RC was missing its shutter speed selector.

Helios 1984 · Apr 2, 2025

I removed the front glass of my Hi-Matic 7s to clean the ugly humidity stains on the other side.
It seems to be common on this model.

and I repaired the case of my Lunasix 3 with a I piece of recycled leatherette and a dollop of Shoe Goo.

David R Williams · Nov 25, 2025

Bumping this thread back to life, and an on-topic update....

Fixed a Nikon DP-1 finder with I bought in very good condition a few years ago but which was reading about 2 stops towards underexposure (meter reading too high).

It was correctable by removing the leatherette cover, separating the thin plate that covers the adjustment screws centring the needs and adjusting the meter, and adjusting the meter accordingly with the right-side screw.

It's likely not the best accuracy that's possible for this head, but close enough until it can be overhauled by Sover Wong.

MattKing · Nov 25, 2025

I "affixed" our Christmas Lights to our balcony railings.
Just for the season, of course

Melvin J Bramley · Nov 25, 2025

Tried to fix an old Western VI meter; without success.
It did pass an afternoon.

Melvin J Bramley · Nov 25, 2025

MattKing said:
I "affixed" our Christmas Lights to our balcony railings.
Just for the season, of course

A bit early !
Valentine cards will soon be on the counter..

David R Williams · Nov 25, 2025

MattKing said:
I "affixed" our Christmas Lights to our balcony railings.
Just for the season, of course

I was about to do the same until 10cm of snow hit Calgary overnight on Sun-Monday (I wasn't particularly well "timed") so the DP-1 will be my limit for this week.

David R Williams · Nov 25, 2025

OAPOli said:
This Olympus 35RC was missing its shutter speed selector.

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That's just brilliant!

David R Williams · Nov 25, 2025

Kino said:
Got my new bellows installed on the Calumet C1. A bonus with the new bellows is that it is thinner and collapses much easier.

I must say, the C1 is very easy to service and change out the bellows.

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Paraphrasing Crocodile Dundee: "That's a bellows."

Helios 1984 · Nov 25, 2025

I've started to disassemble the Auto-Yashinon-DS 50mm f/1.7 that I purchased yesterday. This is such a model of practicality; Unscrew the filter ring, the front element retainer ring, and the front element, then just pull the whole rear element/aperture assembly for servicing.

Note: I fixed the filter ring which was slightly bent on 2 spots.

thinkbrown · Nov 25, 2025

Received a wollensak alphax shutter in the mail from our very own @AnselMortensen and gave it a quick overhaul. I love how little these Alphax shutters changed over the years and how simple they are.

blee1996 · Nov 26, 2025

Recently I fixed three different Pentacon Six lenses that have sticky aperture due to migrated grease. These lenses are optically excellent once the aperture is repaired.

Along the same vein, I cleaned aperture blades on two early Minolta SR mount Rokkor lenses. They are also quite logically and sensibly built.

These experiences gave me more confidence in handling aperture blades.

Helios 1984 · Nov 27, 2025

The Auto Yashinon-DS 50mm f/1.7 is back in one piece and snappy.

Brendan Quirk · Nov 27, 2025

GraLab 168 timer. Cleaning and oiling.

Rumbo181 · Nov 28, 2025

The 1962 Ihagee Exakta Varex IIa came with her usual family of pinholes —quite a large family, by the way. Fixed today with special curtain paint (as in painting pinholes) and she passed the torch test. Shutter speeds are running slow, as one would expect, but knowing how to translate the marked speeds into the actual ones, the camera is fully usable.

This weekend I’ll take her for a walk.

AndyFlex · Dec 1, 2025

Hi,
I am new here, I don't know if this is the right thread to ask, but... I am trying to disassamble ZEISS version (Made in West Germany) version of Tele Tessar f4 135mm HFT - QBM mount...

Moderator note: Dedicated thread started - see here: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...bm-mount-help-with-disassembly-needed.217269/

blee1996 · Dec 1, 2025

Gralab 450, cleaned up all the switches using DeoxIT D5S. No more jittery numbers.

mshchem · Dec 2, 2025

Large scale power outage today. I demonstrated my polymath skills to my wife by opening (and closing) our garage door, no worries. I managed to light the gas stove top with a butane lighter as well.
I had repaired the ignitor on the gas fireplace years ago, came in handy.

Sirius Glass · Dec 2, 2025

Welcome to Photrio!

MattKing · Dec 2, 2025

AndyFlex said:
Hi,
I am new here, I don't know if this is the right thread to ask, but... I am trying to disassamble ZEISS version (Made in West Germany) version of Tele Tessar f4 135mm HFT - QBM mount...

Moderator note: Dedicated thread started - see here: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...bm-mount-help-with-disassembly-needed.217269/

Welcome to Photrio, and thanks for starting your new dedicated thread for your question.

Helios 1984 · Dec 6, 2025

Once more, had to disassemble my CZJ tessar 50mm f/2.8 because oil had migrated on the aperture blades guide ring. It has become a yearly tradition.

I also brought back to life my old ASUS 24in monitor by replacing 3 bad capacitors on its power supply unit. 29 cents a piece + shipping *thumbs up

Rumbo181 · Dec 6, 2025

Helios 1984 said:
Once more, had to disassemble my CZJ tessar 50mm f/2.8 because oil had migrated on the aperture blades guide ring. It has become a yearly tradition.

I also brought back to life my old ASUS 24in monitor by replacing 3 bad capacitors on its power supply unit. 29 cents a piece + shipping *thumbs up

I'm not going to do it now, but I'm looking for good instructions on how to disassemble this exact lens. I'm considering relubricating the helicoid; however, I'd like to be sure I don't mess up the optical alignment. Do you know where I can find a good set of instructions on how to do it?

loccdor · Dec 6, 2025

Yesterday I fixed a plumbing issue in the house, and wood glued back together my grandmother's clock that unfortunately fell off the wall. It's one of these:

David R Williams · Dec 6, 2025

loccdor said:
Yesterday I fixed a plumbing issue in the house, and wood glued back together my grandmother's clock that unfortunately fell off the wall. It's one of these:

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Our family had one of that very clock at our summer cottage in NW Ontario. Unfortunately, it went with the cottage (along with my summer stereo) when my parents sold it in the late '90's.

Nice to see a reminder of the clock.

Helios 1984 · Dec 6, 2025

Rumbo181 said:
I'm not going to do it now, but I'm looking for good instructions on how to disassemble this exact lens. I'm considering relubricating the helicoid; however, I'd like to be sure I don't mess up the optical alignment. Do you know where I can find a good set of instructions on how to do it?

Here's the instructions I used, years ago.

I had to relubricate the helicoid and focus ring because they were so difficult to rotate that it hurt my fingers. The inner helicoid is easy, you remove the back, a few bits, and you can unscrew the unit from the front. Just make sure to note where it comes out or else you spend half an hour trying to find the correct position. Also, if the focus is smooth enough and the infinity focus is fine, I'd leave them alone. They're held together with a retainer ring instead of setscrews, and it's a finicky to re-tighten the ring without messing the focus.

Here's what I'm talking about.
On the picture, I'm pushing the outer helicoid counter-clockwise with a flat bladed screwdriver, as I'm tighting the retainer ring clockwise with a spanner wrench.

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