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diy camera repair.
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5- Lens fungus removal: cleaning a Voigtländer Bessa I lens with ammonia and peroxide How to remove fungus from a Voigtländer Bessa I lens with ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, plus disassembly notes and re-calibrating the infinity focus.
- The best glue for camera leatherette: testing eleven options Testing eleven different glues and tapes for sticking camera leatherette, from contact adhesives and PVA to super glue and E6000, with one clear winner.
- Bronica S2 and S2A infinity focus fix: replacing the ground glass foam (a DIY repair with a confession) How to fix the classic Bronica S2 and S2A infinity focus problem by replacing the degraded foam under the ground glass, with all my mistakes left in.
- Bronica S2A focusing screen saga: how 1mm of plastic taught me about camera tolerances Replacing the focusing screen on a Bronica S2A with a Rick Oleson Brightscreen, learning how tight the tolerances are on a 1970s medium format SLR.
- How I cleaned a dead fly off the prism of my Mamiya 528AL (a slightly cautionary tale) An honest writeup of taking apart a Mamiya 528AL to clean a dead fly off the pentaprism, with the benefit of hindsight on what I should have done differently.