Clik here to view.
Home Camera Repair: Nettar
After all my recent successes, I decided to do some work on one of my new favorites – the Zeiss Ikon Nettar. This camera is 60 years old, made in 1949 it is a medium format 6×6 folding camera. With...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rollei B35
Another day, another camera… I saw this for sale at the online division of my local camera store. I didn’t know much about the Rollei 35 line, but it looked interesting, so I did some reading. I found...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Home Camera Repair: Epic FAIL
Just so nobody thinks that home camera repair is all fun and wine, there are the occasional FAIL moments. My Lomo Lubitel 166 was in need of some work – when I got it, it was filthy (“refurbished” my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shakey Hands
After about 2 1/2 years, I finally got around to fixing my wristwatch. Way back when, I accidentally dropped it and when it hit the floor, the second hand popped off, and was rattling around under the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back in Business!
The parts I needed arrived today, so it was just a matter of asembling a new ‘motherboard’ then wiring it into the thermostat enclosure. The parts were mainly the circuit board and the ATMega328p chip,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Late Night Camera Repair
This week has really been a huge bust. After the various failures over the weekend, I’ve been suffering at the hands of medical professionals and the various tests to which they’ve been subjecting my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chaika II Repair Results
A while back I dug up an old broken camera and pulled it apart to fix it. Or kill it. Whatever came first. Turned out that the fix was fairly simple, and I was momentarily pleased enough to put some...
View Article
