Vintage film cameras

[yokohama]

That's good. Would be great if you could get that working. Actually, I need to try mine out again. It still had a light leak last time I used it but I redid the seals.
Oh, one more piece of advice; start thinking about packing now. I seriously underestimated how long that would take and it involved lots of trips to the dump/charity shops.

[Kenzie]

Already on it. Got some boxes and will make a start on the dump runs this weekend. Most of the cameras are already in crates.

[johnnyrod]

You can take it all with you and sort it out later. There's as much truth in that as saying you'll buy a camera and sell it later if it'[s not your favourite. Years can go by before all boxes are opened. My rule of first night in a new house - get bladdered.

[Kenzie]

Nah, best to sort it now or it won't get sorted. I've always been rubbish at getting rid of stuff.

[Kenzie]

Johnny, so you still have the junker K1000 by any chance? I picked up a cheap K1000 but the battery cover is jammed by corrosion.
Well that didn't last long, Diax 1a and a display cabinet (£3) I also got a K1000 for £9.99, a Tessar 50mm for 2.99 and a Chinon CE5 for 5.99, as well as a couple of Paterson tanks for a couple of quid each.

[yokohama]

Lol. You'll need a bigger house before you've moved.

[johnnyrod]

Nope, K1000 long gone. Don't force the battery cover, take the bottom plate off and soak it in WD40. I forced the one on my MX and has to reattach it tot he plate, a right faff. You can dissolve rust with vinegar, it's pretty mild but I wouldn't soak metal bits in it overnight or anything.

[Kenzie]

I did give it a quick soak in vinegar and I could see it fizzing. I'll keep trying but tbh I'll probably use it manually. I put a PK to M42 on and fitted the Tessar lens I found. The Diax only fires at one speed, no idea what is wrong.

[johnnyrod]

What speed do you think it fires at? It's a Compur shutter I think, from google. Fizzing means it's reacting, just watch out for other metal bits tarnishing. Really though vinegar is 5% acetic acid which is pretty weak so it's only going to go for metals slowly, but for oxides readily. At 5% however it'll be used up pretty quickly so when it looks like it's stopped, if you need to, change the vinegar and see if it starts again. Removing some of the corrosion should loosen it up though.

[Kenzie]

Yeah it's a compur, I can get the mount off but not the retaining ring underneath. I don't want to damage it.