Servicing an Agfa Isolette V camera with a Vario shutter, part 01

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

Комментарии • 8

  • @mineown1861
    @mineown1861 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for the video , it's given me the confidence to attempt a job that I've had on my todo list for a long time.

  • @drtnrao57
    @drtnrao57 3 месяца назад +1

    Good video thanks 🙏

  • @Martin_Siegel
    @Martin_Siegel 5 месяцев назад +6

    One of the unsolved mysteries in camera history is "why did Agfa chose to use very slow curing glue as a lubricant for the lens helicoids?" Looking forward to pt. 2, Chris!

  • @dimitrigrunhauser2471
    @dimitrigrunhauser2471 5 месяцев назад +1

    Have fixed this frozen dial quite a few times myself with the help of a slice of thick rubber and a pair of rounded pliers. Some cameras needed serious muscle to undo the green glue!

  • @lilcholo7893
    @lilcholo7893 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great video Chris! I have a Kodak 66 with a Vario shutter that I’m working on and I just can’t seem to get that rear lens out. Lucky for you it was already loose. Can you give me any tips on how to safely get it loose?

    • @ChrisSherlock
      @ChrisSherlock  5 месяцев назад

      That depends on whether you have the shutter removed from the camera body already. It is much easier to get a lens loose if the shutter is freed from the camera first. If the lens has slots to engage a tool, then something that spans the slots will work nicely. If the lens element is somewhat sunken, then the edge of a steel rule works well to engage the slots. I fix the rule in a vice with just a millimetre or so sticking up. A rubber or leather glove allows you to get a very good grip on the shutter body. Another good method is to use a friction tool.

  • @ChrisSherlock
    @ChrisSherlock  5 месяцев назад +1

    Someone asked this, but the comment was removed before I could answer.
    "I used a small plastic vice to finally remove the lens from my Isolette. I tried a lot of different things. I found a little plastic vice in with some old stuff I inherited from my grandfather. If ..."
    Perhaps they would like to comment again.

    • @zjohn6879
      @zjohn6879 4 месяца назад

      It might have been a small flat table vise, like those used for woodworking or on a drill press, but plastic. I've also seen small bench vises made from hard plastic instead of metal for model making