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vintage cameras.

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Guides

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  1. 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.
  2. Kowa Six review: a great camera, until I broke it The Kowa Six is a Japanese 6x6 SLR from the late 60s. Lovely portraits in the right hands. Mine gummed up after two rolls. Know this before you buy.
  3. Krauss Rollette Luxus review: shooting 127 film in a 129 camera Review of the Krauss Rollette Luxus, a 1928 German folder for long-extinct 129 film, plus a workaround that lets you shoot 127 film through it with a washer.
  4. Mamiya 645J review: a budget classic I really liked, but eventually sold on The Mamiya 645J is the budget Mamiya 645. Cracking little camera, great lenses, comfortable handling. I sold mine to keep the Bronica ETRS instead.
  5. Pentacon Six TL review: cheap, capable, and only as good as the lens you put on it Pentacon Six TLs are everywhere and they're cheap, which is the bit that matters. The body is fine. The Carl Zeiss lenses are the reason to buy in.
  6. Rolleiflex SLX review: the auto-winding 6x6 I decided to keep Review of the Rolleiflex SLX, a 1976 auto-winding electronic 6x6 SLR with shutter priority auto exposure, leaf shutter lens and a notable battery problem.
  7. Voigtländer Bessa I review: a 1951 6x9 folder with the Vaskar 105mm Review of the Voigtländer Bessa I, a 1951 6x9 medium format folder with the Vaskar 105mm f/4.5 lens, shot around Chepstow Castle on FP4 after a deep clean.