Repair Nikkor-S 35mm :- A short guide to servicing the Nikkor-S 35mm f2.8 Lens. Nikon has been making the 35mm f2.8 lens since around 1959. The first version was around from 1959 to 1962 and was called the Nikkor-S. The original lens had 7 elements in 5 groups and is easily recognised as its focal […]
Why buy from us: – Almost all of our cameras are fully serviced. We don’t just give the camera a wipe, and fit new light seals and call it serviced. Each of our premium cameras is completely stripped to remove old foam, any signs of corrosion and replace any worn parts with fresh factory spares. […]
The Nikon FTn finder in common with a lot of cameras from the golden age of film cameras contains a fair amount of foam. Like the Olympus OM-1, the Canon FTb and many others the foam around the prism slowly degrades. When it does the foam turns into a toxic goop that will de-silver the […]
Film Camera Service – There exists within the classic film camera fraternity something of a mythology about Japanese cameras being ultra-reliable. They will ‘oohh’ and ‘aahh’ about how their 40-50 year old camera still works. The truth is they are often unaware that, while these things were made to a quality that no manufacturer outside […]
In Being There Part 1 I bewailed the trend of gear collectors and people who buy classic cameras to take pictures of their cat and their back garden. Now it’s time to get on and talk about the photographer as the documenter. Photography has many angles to it but one of the most interesting is the […]
Nikon F Review – Perhaps the most iconic camera of all time is the Nikon F. Still a desirable camera for both photographers and collectors after 65 years. Used by pretty much every press packer in its day, photographers in the Vietnam war, and the US space program. Instantly recognisable in any movie and the […]