Restoring Classic and Antique Cameras.
A compersensive camera repair guide to restoration and repair of the classic cameras of yesteryear--for beginners as well as for advanced camera repair technicians. 147 pages long. Pages 125 ~ 144 are dedicated to the screw-monunt Leica.

Learn Leica repair, Minolta repair, Cannon repair, Kodak repair Nikon repair, Pentax repair, Zeiss repair, Compur repair and how to repair other old classic antique cameras.


Restoring Classic Cameras

A complete camera repair guide to restoration and repair of the classic cameras of yesteryear--for beginners as well as for advanced camera repair technicians.

How to restore and repair the classic antique cameras to proper working condition as well as cosmetically.

  • This is the best book in the industry.
  • Step-by-step camera repair instructions on many of the classics -- including the screw-mount Leica, the Compure-rapid shutter, the Ball-Bearing shutter, and the Kodex Shutter.
  • What you need to get started restoring and repairing the classics.
  • Learn how to make and repair bellows.
  • Learn how to make parts such as bellows, shutter curtains and springs.
  • Were to get camera repair tools and parts.
  • How to make parts for camera repair such as the bellows, shutter curtains, and springs.
  • Background information that will enable you to understand many different cameras.
  • Covers box cameras, folding cameras, 35mm cameras, blade-type shutters, focal-plane shutters, exposure meters, rangefinders, lenses.
  • 147 pages.
  • Over 300 drawings and photos.

See the May 1998 issue of Shutterbug magazine for a book review by Roger W. Hicks."Restoring Classic and Antique Cameras tells you what you really want to know, about most of the cameras you want to know about. For instance, it is worth buying for the information on the Compur shutter alone."

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