Oldie But Goodie

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Image was taken with a Fujifilm X-E5 and XF 50mm f/2.0 R WR lens. Exposure was 1/90 th of a second at f/2.8.

What’s not to love ? A small pocketable rangefinder camera with a fast, sharp 40mm f/1.7 Canon lens. This is a recent acquisition and I have been working on for a while. Like most totally mechanical vintage cameras equipped with leaf shutters the lubricant dries up and becomes a sticky mess preventing the shutter blades from firing at the correct speeds, or even firing at all. I have already removed the front lens group and thoroughly cleaned the shutter and aperture blades, re-assembled and re-lubricated all the parts and everything is now working as it should. Unfortunately the internal light meter does not work which is fairly common on these cameras. Now I am waiting for the new light seal kit I ordered to be delivered so I can finish up with this camera.

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7 thoughts on “Oldie But Goodie”

    1. Joe's avatar

      Thank you Laurie 😊 When I was a wee lad I used to take apart my rocking horse 😁 I think it was at that point when I started to wonder how things worked.

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