Camera Geekery: Visiting Kanto Camera
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2020
- We took a little trip to see the amazing work at Kanto Camera in Kawasaki. You are in for a treat.
A huge thank you to Kanto for allowing us to visit.
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JCH making a youtube channel might possibly be one of the only wonderful things to come out of 2020.
I am humbled. Thank you.
Absolutely, thought the same.
Besides Covid( and assoicated things)2020 wasn't to bad for me. I am one of the lucky ones.
This is like taking a 5-year old to Disneyland! Deeply impressed by Kanto’s beautiful work.
that shop is amazing - japan really is the GOAT for film photography
Bellamy, what cool place, thanks for taking us. Some amazing craftspeople there!
Glad you enjoyed it
Just fantastic stuff! Thanks for the tour Bellamy. Please do more videos like this.
If you did a series of visiting all the little camera shops in Japan I would watch the hell out of it. This camera shop reminds me a lot of my favorite camera shop in the US, "Alaskan Photographic Repair Service", up in Fairbanks Alaska. One man shop, tucked away on the second floor of the Fairbanks downtown indoor mall. He's been there *forever* and seeing his shop is worth making a trip up to Alaska.
I came across a chap with a painted M6 done in the "reporter" style which was done by Kanto and from them it's been an absolute grail of mine should he ever decide to sell it. Wonderful to see shops like this and I can sincerely say I hope that they stay around for decades and decades more to come.
Thanks for the video Bellamy, it's really great to see the masters from Kanto at work. Too bad the bloody Leica's nearly doubled in price over the last year and a half.
Wow-precision is right!
Blimey overnight the JCH RUclips channel became the de facto best film channel on the platform. What a treat to see these artisans at work repairing and customising cameras by hand!
As usual so refreshing to hear from someone who actually knows about cameras rather than just an 'influencer'.
I am honoured, many thanks.
What an excellent facility! When I see "Made in Japan", on an item, I know it's a sign of quality.
They did an amazing job on my 1967 M4. Just a perfect camera now!
My dream list to have my M6, FM2n and the lenses to be check and service by legendary Kanto Camera.
Wow, what a special place. Love they can do single coatings. I remember the first B&W photos I ever shot and developed myself using my dad’s old Yashica rangefinder which had a single coated lens. The negatives had a gorgeous tonal gradation to them.
A great behind-the-scenes look at the best place in the world for these sorts of repairs/upgrades.
Well done!
Many thanks!
One of my dream jobs 👍 Awesome video thank you 🙏
I can say without a shadow of a doubt, this is absolutely beautiful work. Thank you for bringing light to the hard work that these people do!
You're very welcome
Those guys have saved my mamiya 7 twice! Fixed a lens and the shutter lever back in 2017. Amazing service by Kumiko and the team!
@Eduardo Oropeza I guess it's pricey. CLA for mamiya 7 was 250$. Fixing the lens was 100$. But, bear in mind it's expert service. One of the OG kanto guys used to be a mamiya engineer. He's actually worked on the mamiya 7 so it felt safe in his hands :)
Wow what an interesting place great video
Wow. Vacuum deposition killed it. 👍
Well done!
Nice video! Really glad you restarted your youtube channel and have great content like this.
Glad you enjoy it!
This is so cool. People genuinely loving old cameras and putting the time and effort in to maintain and restore them.
Wowow magical
Absolutely amazing to see. I’m so happy you are making these videos.
Thanks for showing us Kanto!
Never thought I'd get to see this. Awesome!
Thank you for bringing us this! So unique, I follow Kanto on Instagram and the jobs is amassing
Amazing stuff, mate! Thank you for letting us see what happens behind the scenes.
Thanks for sharing this "behind the scenes" video. It is soooo interesting. And good to see, what is still possible in terms of camera repair.
I’m so incredibly happy to see you making RUclips videos again ❤️
thanks for that, so great to see behind the scenes
Cool video. Amazing folks out there keeping old cameras and film alive!
I've watched this several times. So nice to see behind the curtain. Thank you for the heavenly gift.
On another note ... Love the silent quiet workplace. Ahh quiet and hyper focusing .. Lovely place to work on things !! Lovely ~
Such a lovely look into such a special place! Thanks for this!
Always in awe of the gear and know how you bring to the platform! Keep up the good content!
I loved that guy doing the precision work at his bench with a phone next to him! I bet he loves it when that goes off mid job. Great video, really interesting.
Such a cool, behind the scenes, exclusive!
Really interesting video B, thanks for putting it together. Seeing the other side of Kanto is awesome. Cheers
Amazing documentary ! Thank you !
Really enjoining this series mate!! Awesome Job
Bellamy, I'm absolutely loving your new YT videos. This one is especially wonderful, a really rare treat that only you could manage to provide. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!!
Glad you like them!
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Inspiring to see artisans at work.
My god, this is incredible
Love these people, they make my soul happy.
This is pure magic. Thank you for this!
Keep it coming, mate!
Thanks, will do!
Wonderful video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the behind the scenes peek, really enjoyed it.
thanks for this videos JCH !!
That's awesome! Thanks for the behind-the-scenes tour.
I can't comprehend such a concept as too much workshop space.
Nice to see some of the faces behind the repair of my GW690 III. New shutter and a tidy up. Very happy
envy, i love their work !
I was stationed at Tachikawa Air Force Base from 1966 to 1968 so know the area well. I loved to take the train into Shinjuku and The Ginza to visit camera stores. I also went to the main Tokyo train station then across the street to the Nikon store and also the Nikon repair center when my Nikon F bodies or Nikkor lenses needed service. Akihabara was also quite an interesting area, too.
Just a wonderful video. I love when someone with your respected reputation can allow us all access "behind the curtain". Fascinating to see.
Thank you so much!
Wow.
great video, really interesting, keep on doing that stuff... that kanto shop looks like paradise
Thank you for bringing us this! So unique
My pleasure!
Ahhhh... I always wondered what it looks like in Kanto. Thanks Bellamy!
This is sooo interesting! Thanks for taking us along! :)
Love this!!!
I like ur t-shirt!!
Whoa. What an amazing place.
I am very impressed. That is why I love Japan.
Great video, thanks for going out of your way to show us these things!
My pleasure!
Ever since you posted about that M3 you had them overhaul and paint I have been fascinated by this place. Thank you so much Bellamy for giving us this tour. Maybe in the future I can visit with my own M3 and have them build it the way I want it.
Keep up the amazing work with this channel!
My pleasure!
👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you, very much indeed.
Amazing. Thanks for this.
Great video. Thanks for the inside peek.
Superb stuff Bellamy
Thank you! Cheers!
great video, that was very entertaining to see ty
So amazing!
Great video showing the behind the scenes. After watching this, I'll never moan again how long these services take. So much work goes into it.
You have some truly great video's.
great stuff; always wondered what kanto camera looked like haha. they have really amazing stuffs
Fantastic!
This is so cool! Subzero! Thanks Mr. Hunt!
Thank you for showing this.
Love Kanto and thanks to Bellamy's help l have had a couple of my own Cameras put through the 'Kanto Process'! Highly, highly recommended!
I just found out about Kanto. Thank you so much!!
Super cool to see that and damn, so tempted to reach out and get that W! :)
Great video, thanks for sharing us this kind of access, its really much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for the video!
Very informative and interesting, it is comforting that these places still exist, in the age of buy and throw away...
Love this crazy workspace 😅
Us too!
Japanese perfectionism at its finest!
Really enjoyed this video, thank you very much :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful. I have huge admiration for this level of craftsmanship. Almost makes me wish I had a broken camera. Almost ;-)
Yo this is crazy! Their work is insane!
Great Video!!
A beautiful field trip
Brilliant !
I have only seen the place from the customer perspective in the tiny foyer they have. SO great to have a look behind the curtain. This is the single very best place on the planet you could bring your analogue camera to... sadly the turnaround time jumped from 6 to 9 months recently (at least when I spoke to them). Email responses could be quicker tbh... takes around 3-4 weeks to get a response. Amazing place anyway.
That was great, thank you
Incredible, thank you so much
You're very welcome!
One of the most interesting things I have seen on RUclips.
Amazing
Awesome !
Wow amazing!
Thanks!