I often forget that not everyone had a mis-spent
childhood...
_How_ one mis-spent it seems to be key.
Err, yes... Perhaps it's not suprising I will ahve ago at repairing just
about anything, I was taking things apart _and getting them back
together_ long before I went to school. I think I have said I got my
first mains shock before the age of 2. Not in the normal way of sticking
soming up a lampholder or into a socket, but by unscrewing a socket from
the wall to see what was behind it. Hmmm
I guess that's why classic computers interest me. You can take them
apart, understand them and repair them.
> down and have a go. Are you familiar with
Miles Upton's book? Not
I've never come across it. Do you have a
title?
"Ultimate Exakta Repair". Self published.
http://www.exaktaphile.com/vx2ar/book.html
OK, I will look into this.
Tomosy's books are good in places (and worth
reading), but I don't think
they go far enough in some areas. OK if you have some experience anyway,
prob.ably not so good for a total begionner.
I'll have a look at those, then.
I've come across 6 of them. 2 general books ('Camera Maintenance and
Repair'), 'Restoring classic and collectable cameras' (I think this is
the one that mentiones the Exakta), 'Repairign the great collectable
cameras [1]' and 2 manufacturer-specific books (Leica and Nikon).
[1] This one was dangerous in my hands. It covers cameras from 1945
onwards, many of which are still avaialbe at low prices. I started
collecting them...
OK... Let me
know when you need help (that does not mean after you've
undone every visible screw and the bits of the slow speed escapement are
acattered around the room...)..
Thanks! :) Note that I said "not entirely comfortable", not "flipping
lunatic lacking basic technical clue".
OK :-). The Exakta is friendly in that there are no screws hidden under
the leatherette covering, but unfriendly in that many of the screws
holding down cotnrols (certainly the 2 speed dials) have springs under
them, and parts will fly if you're not careful.
One other thing I've just rememebred. If you want to pull the shutter
mechanism out of the bodyshell (and most of the time you do), you should
remove 2 ofthe 3 flash sockets on most models. They unscrew, and the tool
you need to turn them is the tool used to remove/fit the stem on a pocket
watch. Not something most people have in their toolkit...
-tony
