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Other Camera Repair Sites:
Daniel Mitchell (good notes on a variety of cameras)
Chris Sherlock's Retina Notes
Jay Javier's FED/Zorki Notes
Replacing Leica Shutter Curtains - an excellent and thorough article by Christopher Kuni
My Stuff:
How it Works: The Argus C3 Shutter
How it Works: The Argus C4 Shutter
How it Works: Compur Shutter
How it Works: Contax II Shutter (also Kiev)
How it Works: Contax IIa Shutter
How it Works: Contax S (Pentacon) Shutter
How it Works: Ducati Sogno Shutter
How it Works: FED/Zorki Shutter
How it Works: Leica Shutter
How it Works: Univex Mercury Shutter
How it Works: The Goerz Minicord 16mm TLR
How it Works: Minox Shutter
How Lens Coating Works
How Bokeh Works
How Depth of Field Works
What's a Diopter? How Focusing Works
How Viewfinders and Rangefinders Work
My Basic Camera Repair Tool Kit
Argoflex
Shutter Disassembly (and 120 film conversion)
Argus
C3 Stuff
Argus
C4
Canonet
QL17-GIII
Canon A Series: the "Canon Squeal"
Canon FD Lens Service
Canon
Demi S
Servicing a
Clarus
MS-35 (but WHY?)
Synchro
Compur
Shutter Disassembly
Contax
(II-III) Shutter Ribbons (also applies to
Kiev
35mm rangefinder models)
Contax
IIa Shutter CLA
Make a Takeup Spool for your
Contax
or Kiev! (by Henry Fisher)
Contax
S (Pentacon) Shutter Curtain Replacement
Exakta
Shutter Curtain Replacement
Gossen
Luna Pro Light Meter
Repairing the
Kalimar
Reflex / Soligor 66 / Fujita 66 SLR
Kodak
Reflex Disassembly
120 Film Conversion for the
Kodak
Monitor 620
Servicing the
Konica
Autoreflex TC Shutter
Opening a Screwmount
Leica
(III or IIIA)
Opening a Screwmount
Leica
(IIIC or IIIF)
LIGHT LEAKS
- How to locate them
Univex/Universal
Mercury
Shutter Service
Minox
(III, B, etc)
NIKKOR
Lens Disassembly
Nikon
Photomic Meter Prisms
Olympus
35RC Rangefinder Notes
Run your
Olympus
OM2S, OM3 or OM4 on AA Batteries!
Pentax
Spotmatic Notes
Pentacon
Six Stuff
Lens Adapter for
Pentacon
Six
TLR Shutter
Repair Notes
Use
Retina
Reflex Lenses on your
Voigtlander
Bessamatic (and vice versa)!
Zeiss
Jena Lenses
Zorkis
and FEDs and stuff
Sources for Impossible-to-find Repair Parts!
The Tinkerer's Corner
Need a Bigger View? Fitting the Olympus ME-1 Eyepiece Magnifier to the Canon 400D (Rebel XTi) Camera
An easy battery substitute for the PX625 mercury cell in your older SLR
Fool Proof Flash
Bring Infinity Indoors to adjust Lenses and Rangefinders
You already own a good shutter tester! Here's how to use it
How to tell a Tessar from a Triplet
CAMERA RESTORATION PROJECTS BY PABLO MARTINEZ
Great Link for Manuals & Repair Tips (not mine)!
A Repair Tip I
GUARANTEE
You Can Use! (link to another site)
Carl Zeiss Jena factory lens manual - Part 1 (Index)
Part 2 (Index)
Part 3 (Special Repair Tools)
Part 4 (Tessar)
Part 5 (Biometar, Biotar, Cardinar, Pancolar)
Part 6 (Flektogon)
Part 7 (Flektogon)
Part 8 (Flektogon, Sonnar)
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