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« on: March 13, 2006, 11:53:10 PM » |
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on a Agfa Silette, Vegas has me at 9 to 1 getting it back together. Either way it sure is fun.
Lens elements are pretty cool, good thing they can go in either way.
Kidding, I took pictures.
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2006, 12:46:39 AM » |
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More like camera destruction.
It's almost time for me to introduce you to my favorite tools...Mr. Hammer and Mr. Pipe wrench. And after that, Mr. Trashcan. :twisted:
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Dean W Filled with a vacuum Oh, and it's been SIX almost SEVEN years!  Larry; Try to keep up! |
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MichaelHarris
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2006, 02:33:44 AM » |
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LOL, I read a repair site that said 9 times out of 10 you ruin the first one you try to fix.
I split the shutter, cleaned the blades, had to go to my pictures to see what order to put them back on. Did you know testing a shutter without the other half on it can be bad? I got at least 20 feet out of a couple of them. Those babies can fly.
now that the shutter halves are back together it snaps open and closed very quickly and smooth. Going to put the speed set in now and test that out.
I'm thinking Python or Aligator for the Agfa Silette covering.
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2006, 08:34:29 AM » |
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Python or Alligator? You're gonna put $30 worth of leather on a $5 camera?
Dude...think Naugahyde.
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Mike Kovacs
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2006, 08:38:20 AM » |
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Don't forget Mr Dremel.
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Glenn Thoreson
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2006, 11:56:03 AM » |
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I bet I can launch shutter blades farther than you can. LOL The tools I use most, aside fom Mr Trashcan, are lots of Q-tips and cotton balls. I'd be lost without 'em. I buy generic Q-tips by the bushel.
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Glenn from Wyoming
"I reject your reallity and substitute my own"
( Adam Savage )
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2006, 02:06:49 PM » |
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Yes, Q-tips, alcohol, naphtha, toilet paper, impact wrench (if you're working on Nikons....)
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Dean W Filled with a vacuum Oh, and it's been SIX almost SEVEN years! Larry; Try to keep up! |
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NancyB
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2006, 02:34:36 PM » |
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Is the alcohol for the camera or you? :wink:
Nancy
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Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.
- Yousuf Karsh
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r-brian
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« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2006, 03:35:21 PM » |
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Well, Dean does have a Retina IIa I gave up on after I ran out of alcohol, Margarita mix to be precise.
Brian
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"photography is a process of saying 'no' most of the time so that you can say 'yes' with an exclamation mark a few times" Frans Lanting
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MichaelHarris
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« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2006, 04:20:52 PM » |
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I look at my Retina and say to myself, "Myself, there is no way I would attempt to fix this, looks way to complicated."
Maybe Gecko covering?
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ImageMaker
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« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2006, 07:53:26 PM » |
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Maybe Gecko covering? "You know, I never did get the shutter cocking to work in that Retina. But, I do have some good news! I saved a *bunch* of money on my car insurance by recovering the camera with gecko..." |
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Never let yourself spend 25 years away from the darkroom...
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MichaelHarris
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2006, 08:40:24 PM » |
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LOL, that's funny. Hope Dean see's it, he'll get a hoot out of it.
Repairing this Agfa Silette has been real fun, I may put out a call for all those broken Silettes out there to find their way to me. I have one that I use and like it although it's not a rangefinder. I've polished up the metal on this one and I'm going to repaint the body and order some covering material. It's gonna be funky of course.
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2006, 11:38:22 PM » |
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Paint it candy apple red and cover it in a nice fuzzy zebra stripe.
Pimp my Fo-to, ya'll....
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Glenn Thoreson
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2006, 09:58:08 AM » |
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Cover it with that insurance gecko. I'm gettin' pretty sick of el lizardo.
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Glenn from Wyoming
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Mike Kovacs
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2006, 10:15:03 AM » |
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maybe Carmack has some left-over nipple skin from the black Kiev...
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