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Nikon F Photomic

Nikon F Review – Full Metal Jacket

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, much used by photographers in the Vietnam war, the US space program, instantly recognisable in any movie […]
Learn camera repair

Learn Camera Repair – How hard is it?

Learn Camera Repair – Although film is making something of a come back, one of the areas that is a huge potential stumbling block is the fact that most professional technicians are now either retired or close to retiring. In the UK over the last few years a whole bevy of some of the most […]
Minolta Rokkor MC-X 50mm f1.7 PF

Minolta MC-X Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 Lens Repair

A step by step repair and servicing guide for Minolta Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 MC-X Series lens. The MC-X Rokkor PF is actually part of a series of lenses loosely known as the MC-X series. These were a kind of halfway house between the earlier MC Series and what would be the last Manual Focus […]
Olympus OM-1

How to clean a focus screen…

How to clean a focus screen: – One of those things that comes up endlessly on forums for classic cameras is ‘How do I clean a focus screen?’ to save my fingers and to try and antidote a lot of bad advice out there I am creating a handy article that I can now link […]
The price of film

Film is expensive, or is it?

Film is expensive: – The increasing cost of film is often much complained about on film photography forums with people endlessly binding on about how it’s daft to keep shooting when film costs are so exorbitant. Devotees of the art (craft, science, technology – pic your preferred nomenclature) seem to be constantly complaining about the […]

Nikon F Review – Full Metal Jacket

MelSep 21, 202419 min read
Nikon F Photomic
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, much used by photographers in the Vietnam war, the US space program, instantly recognisable in any movie […]

Learn Camera Repair – How hard is…

MelAug 3, 202423 min read
Learn camera repair
Learn Camera Repair – Although film is making something of a come back, one of the areas that is a huge potential stumbling block is the fact that most professional technicians are now either retired or close to retiring. In the UK over the last few years a whole bevy of some of the most […]

Minolta MC-X Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 Lens…

MelJun 1, 202416 min read
Minolta Rokkor MC-X 50mm f1.7 PF
A step by step repair and servicing guide for Minolta Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 MC-X Series lens. The MC-X Rokkor PF is actually part of a series of lenses loosely known as the MC-X series. These were a kind of halfway house between the earlier MC Series and what would be the last Manual Focus […]

How to clean a focus screen…

MelApr 4, 202412 min read
Olympus OM-1
How to clean a focus screen: – One of those things that comes up endlessly on forums for classic cameras is ‘How do I clean a focus screen?’ to save my fingers and to try and antidote a lot of bad advice out there I am creating a handy article that I can now link […]

Film is expensive, or is it?

MelMar 4, 202412 min read
The price of film
Film is expensive: – The increasing cost of film is often much complained about on film photography forums with people endlessly binding on about how it’s daft to keep shooting when film costs are so exorbitant. Devotees of the art (craft, science, technology – pic your preferred nomenclature) seem to be constantly complaining about the […]

Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2 Lens Repair…

MelFeb 4, 202417 min read
Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2
A step by step repair and servicing guide for the much loved Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2. The MD Rokkor 45mm f2 lens was, believe it or not, a low cost budget lens that Minolta primarily fitted to the budget XG series of cameras. The lens has now become something of a hyped up item […]