Vintage film cameras

[Kenzie]

Which camera?

[yokohama]

One of the Minoltas - the one for the new skin. I guess I'll need to remove the timer

[Kenzie]

Yeah, but which one? Usually they are held on with a screw.

[johnnyrod]

Usually a screw but getting the cap off can be tricky. Odds are it just prises off but try googling if it's stuck.

I can't make out the embossed name, the seller sent me a close-up (he can't read it either, thinks it ends -lee, looks to start with an E). I mucked about with contrast etc. on that but it didn't make it any more legible. I spent ages with google-fu but still can't manage it from what I've got. Looks 1920s-30s so might just be a snapper or might be a bit more. If so then I'll keep it for interest, if not I'll check it out and (actually) sell it on. I don't know, it just called to me, like the Olympus, and the Certo.

[Kenzie]

I asked my wife and she thought it ended lee as well. It looks like a Certo or Balda. Will be good to see. Can you post up a pic?wanna try something.

Sent from my Xperia T

[yokohama]

It's the xd5.
Where do they usually hide the screw?

[Kenzie]

You need some needle nose tweezers to undo that. It may be left hand thread so be careful.

[johnnyrod]

122 by John Rodriguez, on Flickr
It's after I tinkered with it, but it's better than the original, I think

[Kenzie]

No joy, tried to invert the image. Its bugging me!

[yokohama]

Can't help either. I tried internet image searches. That lens is on a few bellows cameras but none with a name that matches.