Restoring classic collectible cameras
This comprehensive restoration guide provides detailed instructions for repairing and maintaining classic and collectible cameras. The manual begins with essential preliminaries: adhesive tape removal, camera case restoration, and leather lens cap fabrication. An entire chapter is dedicated to bellows, offering thorough guidance on care, restoration, and construction of replacement bellows. The guide examines camera stands and their specific restoration techniques in detail. Precision lenses and shutters are thoroughly covered, including the Voigtländer Heliar No.6, Bausch & Lomb iris diaphragm shutter, Wollensak iris diaphragm shutter, and Packard Ideal shutter. The bulk of the content focuses on classic folding cameras (Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic, Kodak Folding Brownie models), large format focal-plane shutter cameras (Thornton-Pickard Duplex Ruby Reflex, Graflex Speed Graphic), medium format cameras (Ensign-Cupid, Kodak Premoette Jr., Rolleicord Vb), and 35mm classics (Contax II, Exacta VX, Leica II, Nikkorex, Zeiss Contaflex). A dedicated chapter covers miniature format cameras. The manual includes an optics cleaning section and emphasizes safety procedures and best practices for all interventions. Highly practical, this is an indispensable resource for collectors and restoration enthusiasts.
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Document Details
- Format
- Pages
- 128
- Size
- 45.9 MB
- Category
- Photography