Cleaning
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Ilex No. 4 Shutter: Sticking Slow Speeds from Moly Lubricant
The Ilex No. 4 shutter that arrived had slow speeds that were sticking. Usually this is a sign of dirty parts, especially the speeds escapement. In this…
Mamiya 6: Frame Lines Stuck from Oil on Frame Line Assembly
The complaint on this Mamiya 6 was that the framelines would not work properly and were always stuck on the 150mm lens setting. Without removing the top…
Mamiya 645 80mm f/2.8: Sticking Diaphragm from Oily Blades
This Mamiya 80mm f/2.8 lens arrived with a sticking diaphragm. As seen in the photos, lots of oil present on the diaphragm blades. And, a lot of grease on…
Mamiya 7II: Fine Red Sand Inside the Body
This Mamiya 7II gets the distinction of being the camera with the most sand inside the body, at least for the month. The camera arrived from Australia and…
Mamiya 7 80mm Lens: Condensation Haze in Rear Element Group
This Mamiya 7 80mm lens came into the shop from over the ocean (Brisbane to be exact) with a complaint of haze in the rear element assembly. Often, with…
Nikkor 300mm f/5.6 Copal 3 Shutter: Oil-Soaked Blades
This Nikkor 300 f/5.6 lens in a Copal 3 shutter arrived with a ridiculous amount of oil on all of the shutter parts. The shutter would not even fire as the…
RB67 65mm C Lens: Sticking Shutter Blades and Oil Contamination
This RB67 65mm C lens (floating element version) came into the shop with sticking shutter blades. While the effect may seem subtle at first, usually the…
Mamiya 7 65mm Lens: Sticking Shutter Blades from Residue
This Mamiya 7 65mm lens had an issue with sticking shutter blades. While this is often caused by oil contamination on the blades, this would not be common…
Mamiya 7 80mm Lens: Bent Filter Ring and Sand in the Focus Helicoid
This Mamiya 7 80mm lens came into the shop with a badly damaged front filter ring and stuck focus. Not only was the filter ring deeply bent, but the name…
Mamiya C TLR: Missed Frames from Oily Shutter Blades
common complaint that I hear about is missing frames when using a Mamiya C series TLR camera. Generally, this is caused by sticking shutter blades. The…
Rodenstock Imagon 300mm: Cleaning a Dial Set Compound Shutter
This 300mm Rodenstock Imagon lens needed a minor cleaning to restore operation as it has been in storage for around thirty years unused. This lens with its…
Mamiya 7II: Unstable Meter Display from a Loose ISO Dial
This Mamiya 7II arrived with the complaint that the meter display was not stable and would change from the correct setting to the overexposure arrow. Sure…
RB67 90mm NB Lens: Delayed Shutter Firing
This Mamiya RB67 90mm lens came into the shop with the very common issue of a delay firing of the shutter after being released. This normally entails…
Mamiya TLR Lenses: Slow and Sticking Shutter Release
The Mamiya TLR and Press lenses often have an issue of slow/sticking shutter release. This is caused by several parts that need to be removed and cleaned…
Mamiya 7: Sticky Dials from a Liquid Spill
This Mamiya 7 had a problem with the shutter speed dial, ASA dial, compensation dial, lock button and shutter release button all sticking or stuck in…
Mamiya 7 80mm Lens: Haze Cleaning and an Out-of-Parallel Filter
This Mamiya 7 80mm lens came into the shop with the haze as shown in the first photo. My client told me that this suddenly appeared so I was hopeful that…
Mamiya Universal: Hazy Finder Cleaning and Rangefinder Calibration
Servicing a Mamiya Universal and 250mm f/5 lens. This particular example from 1981 looks like new, appears to have had very little use (many of these…
Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9: Sand in the Focus Helicoid
The 80mm f/1.9 lens for Mamiya 645 came into the shop with a complaint of possible sand damage. The focus ring turned smoothly but every once in a while…
Mamiya 645 45mm C Lens: Oily Diaphragm Blades and Reassembly
Servicing a Mamiya 45mm C lens for the 645 system. Very common issue, oil on the blades causing the diaphragm to stay open wide. The 45mm lens (and the…
Mamiya 645 80mm f/2.8: Diaphragm Stuck Wide Open From Oil
This Mamiya 80mm f/2.8 lens for the 645 wins the contest this week for most oil on a set of diaphragm blades. The symptom that this produces is a diaphragm…
RB67 65mm Early Lens (1971): Oil on Shutter Blades
Servicing a Mamiya RB67 65mm lens. This early example is from 1971 (Type LH61 made from 1970-1972). For the first five years of production the 65mm had a…
Early Mamiyaflex TLR: Fungus and Mold From Storage in a Case
This early model Mamiya TLR (when they were still branding them as Mamiyaflex) came in for a checkup. It has probably been in this leather case for many…
Brooks Plaubel Veriwide 100: Synchro Compur 00 Shutter Cleaning
I'm thinning out my large collection of cameras and this Brooks Plaubel Veriwide 100 is one that probably needs to go to a new home. As you can see in the…
Mamiya 7 80mm Lens: Drying Out Moisture Inside the Lens
This Mamiya 7 80mm lens was subjected to moisture. Fortunately, no damage to the shutter. After removing the lens group and some disassembly and cleaning…