1960s Vintage 35mm Film Camera Restoration

[@JeffDvrx]

Dear everyone watching this: This is a cosmetic repair. The camera was in awful condition when they started working on it and it ended up looking very good, but they made a few mistakes that in the long run will make the camera not work properly. The biggest one is the amount of lubrication on the aperture and shutter mechanism, they put about 20 times the amount needed. It's ok since this is pretty much a toy camera (despite the fact that the top plate looks kind of like a good 60s camera), but if you own a camera that's actually good and needs repair *this is not the way to do it.* Take it to someone who actually restores cameras as a daily job, this is called a CLA and most service shops do it. In this case this was an extreme CLA, but a CLA nonetheless. Good video tho, I'm not hating on it :)

[@BeeBetu]

Thanks for your positive reviews. I admit that the things I do are not really good. I'm not a true CLA, but I'll try to do better. By the way, the lubricant here is a premium Lithium lubricant, which does not harden over time. Sorry about my English. Thank you againt!!

[@JeffDvrx]

@@BeeBetu haha you have the stuff to be amazing at restoring cameras if you keep working at it, no doubt about that! The issue with lubricant in shutters is that even a slight amount ends up getting everywhere in the lens, it gets on the aperture blades and then they stick. Im guessing this camera doesn't have that many shutter speeds so it probably doesn't matter that much, but on cameras with shutter speeds under 1/60 that's an issue. Eventually they don't close fully at any speed. But like I said, no doubt you are capable of being amazing at this so keep up the good work!

[@BeeBetu]

JeffDvrx I admire you and your understanding!! 😉😉😉

[@Shrek_Has_Covid19]

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[@JeffDvrx]

@@Shrek_Has_Covid19 - Hmm... Well yeah i guess you could get rid of mud like that - oh no, he's spraying the display? Well maybe it can handle it - wait dafuq is he doing to that poor lens - *OMG THE SENSOR LOL WTF*

[@toga941]

You got that painted dirt and corrosion off pretty well. All my cameras that are rusty like that are in the mechanisms too. Not just inside the film bay. So with some dish soap and spray paint, I can get mine in working order? Maybe I should try that on my old ford. Who knew dish soap removes rust and corrosion and restores paint?

[@oversharingturtle4462]

Please do not do anything this guy did

[@Vive-le-Canada-]

Dude, this is a fake video, it's rusty on the outside but unchanged on the inside, I'm 1000% sure they made it deliberately using chemical means, the inside is perfect but the outer shell looks like it's been soaked in water for a hundred years , I have repaired and owned about 30 Film cameras, I am sure this is a fake video, do not follow the method in the video to repair your camera

[@thompsonevergreen8006]

lovely painted on dirt effect there

[@mrawesome9213]

You noticed that too? The fingerprints in the red "rust" are a nice touch.

[@willieckaslike]

I have to salut these restorers simply for remembering where everything goes when re-assembling the project. No matter what it be !

[@grzegorz16100]

He filmed the disassembly so doesn't have to remember....

[@jerryrigsit5400]

Yup, I'm with you there.

[@morna45]

Yep. My feelings exactly.

[@jeepjoseph9036]

There's service manuals

[@jammin8317]

Didn’t think it was possible! You have amazing skills!

[@whatsnext9512]

It's fake... the camera at the end, is this same camera before he dirtied it up on purpose and reasembled it...

[@Vive-le-Canada-]

Dude, this is a fake video, it's rusty on the outside but unchanged on the inside, I'm 1000% sure they made it deliberately using chemical means, the inside is perfect but the outer shell looks like it's been soaked in water for a hundred years , I have repaired and owned about 30 Film cameras, I am sure this is a fake video, do not follow the method in the video to repair your camera

[@MrDeeperASMR]

From the removal and cleaning of every little detail to the replacement of heavily damaged parts, it is all done meticulously and precisely 😀

[@TwiztedHarlequin]

Thanks for the entertainment, that was delightful to watch. Have a great day, kind regards from Germany!

[@Stillmrnew]

Real or not, you watch Avatar and never question it's authenticity. This is relaxing and wonderful to watch. Thank you.

[@CaptainHoratioPugwash]

Avatar doesn't present its characters as real...

[@rafaelperez6189]

Unless soap can remove rust like it was chocolate powder over plastic, it is false.

[@Bumeo]

Love seeing old camera repair!!!

[@lucab1733]

It's fake

[@efeersoy9992]

You deserve a Nobel Prize, sir. Respect.

[@talhakurt8897]

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[@vadimyakupov7351]

Wow. Second life! Great job, great pics. Very live it. Thank you.

[@VictorMartinezU]

👌🏻I restored a yashica linx and it’s nice to see more people who recover this pieces of history ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@marceldemir7514]

My father has one, it's stopped working but is utterly beautiful!

[@yihshyangloo7199]

Good job. Precise work

[@delg2002]

Wow man. Beautiful job. Nice Fuji homage.

[@mike1140]

This was extremely satisfying to watch.

[@jalechavez6042]

Súper...!!..Excelente....de vuelta a la vida ...ji ji ji ji.... Saludossss

[@radilfavaia6217]

What Language is it??

[@retiredarchitect3462]

wonderful photos at the end. Obviously the ones of your daughter make the project worth doing for yourself!

[@atolantobhattacharjee7862]

Beautifully Restored.

[@JeffreyStulin]

Brilliant, fascinating, joyful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@gregbrummett7762]

Awesome!!! I might have missed this or a new gasket wasn't inserted but I've always wondered where one would get that rear door seal. Those never lasted long on these 35mm cameras. thanks for video!

[@georgeshelton6281]

It's nice to have an old camera getting restored, for the first time ever.

[@themightymind]

I am mesmerized. It was like hypnotic therapy watching this

[@alexparson4472]

I Don’t care for all the comments and whether the cameras is functioning or not it was a beautiful job of restoration and this will not work as a camera as so many people are saying who cares the restoration The painstaking work done it’s self is a piece of art.

[@blackmamba3427]

Awesome video and restoration

[@mrCetus]

Nice restoration! Another film camera on field, great job!

[@oversharingturtle4462]

Mate this film camera will not be out on any field he destroyed the lens and from that much grease it will jam within a few weeks 😊

[@AMRP]

you professional restoration 👏 love from morrocco

[@stephenyoud6125]

Amazing work, almost as complex as a watch

[@V3kell]

It's a joy to see a camera being healed like this for a new life

[@lucab1733]

It's fake rust dude

[@V3kell]

@@lucab1733 I know

[@sinlokemp]

Wow! Beautiful work of art.

[@ΙωάνναΧαραλαμπιδου-δ2κ]

Phew!!! While you were fixing the lens i had an anxiety attack ... 😄😄😄👍👍

[@smithsmittyronnie1]

Thank you. So cool to se the pics you took with it. Keep up the great work

[@javiersampedrocastro4477]

Amazing work man!! 🙌✨

[@wernerfeil7900]

Das ist doch mal fein gemacht!

[@radilfavaia6217]

What Language is it??

[@wernerfeil7900]

@@radilfavaia6217 German!

[@simons_pics]

Well done you have great skills and patience.

[@VictorCharlesEvans]

Tell you WHAT!! "THAT WAS A GREAT JOB"!!!

[@edsonvanderlei777]

Amazing working congratulations!

[@bigfoot-g4i]

very good mate great job a new camera again

[@mayovargas2761]

Wow all that and not a single word was said! Wow!! 👍😲

[@gar7226]

Masterful accomplishment! I appluad the detail, patience, and precise workmanship! BRAVO!

[@truefilm6991]

Well I think this is an excellent restoration. You know what you are doing with the screws, parts and springs. Yes, the amount of lubricant is way too generous, it can spread and spill. The 50mm lens is of course awful and very likely the back focus (distance from the lens to the film plane) is off, hence the rather soft focus, but you were lucky that there were no missing, broken, highly corroded or worn parts. Anyway: always love watching people restoring or modifying these old all-mechanical cameras (motion picture or still). Great stuff!

[@emilecrowther7706]

Beautiful, from start to finish!

[@william0310tw]

That is both incredible & remarkable, nice work.

[@dwayneharris3874]

Well done! I would have thought the camera was a write-off.

[@bobbobby5724]

Fantastic video.

[@almac2598]

Don't apologise for your English. It's far, far, better than I can speak in any other language.

[@Tony-ot1nb]

awesone! the pictures are amazing!

[@jbliborio]

Anyway what amazing work you did! Congratulations!

[@pajamaman4832]

Omg that was so satisfying to watch!!!!!

[@missilpeludo8813]

Well!!! Amazing video

[@ronagoodwell2709]

The encrustacean of gunk does indeed look deliberately applied. Play the video in reverse to see how it was done.

[@justinweier4099]

Agreed. If you've ever spent any time at all cleaning or restoring items with significant corrosion; this is not at all what it looks like. And these are not the kind of results you can expect. The top and lens components looked to be covered in "goo" to roughly simulate rust or brass corrosion. That it all wiped off without pitting to reveal a more or less perfect metal surface underneath; is proof positive that this video is a scam.

[@theblackswan84]

exactly, as it touched water it released colours immediately and came of with no effort.

[@matteorufini3500]

Yes, he does a bad fake aging before the “repair”! 🤣

[@SmithMrCorona]

A lot of these restorations are 85% fake. All old zippo-type restorations look like they've been jammed with potting soil. Same with this. Looks like it was smeared with chocolate sauce.

[@toga941]

Damn you noticed that as well? It looks like he just painted it to make it look dirty and old. If it looked like that on the outside and inside where the film goes, then how in the hell are all the mechanisms still intact and free? I have cameras that look like this for reals and they’re pretty much toast as everything is frozen up.

[@itachi3966]

Good video keep making😉

[@mantas68]

Wow! This is amazing. Have you ever considered a career as a surgeon? LOL. I'm not even really interested in cameras or photography and I found this video very fascinating. I love watching people taking old, battered things and bringing them back to life to be useful again. :)

[@terrywbreedlove]

Incredible 😃

[@valmonta3647]

This was really great I hope you to keep adding more other videos, subscribed

[@BeeBetu]

Thank you so much!

[@graycheng888]

This is a great restoration.

[@UrbanoModa]

Love Acros. Amazing video

[@BrothersRestorationIndustry]

Good job

[@nazarettos6987]

Loved this video,good job. So pleasant to watch.

[@raysmohamed9152]

The patients of this guy....🤩🤩🤩

[@thomasbyg4795]

Such a pleasure you did not add a fucking music track!! THANK YOU!

[@cozylab4280]

Its so satisfying. Make more videos like this!

[@zootgambale1]

Fantastic work! Honorable!!

[@Miricrafts]

Very fine restoration. 👍

[@udayrathod6471]

Very very nice work 👌👍

[@eslamali8864]

Greaaaaaaaat greetings to you from Egypt

[@AColambina]

that is just astonishing!

[@grapaconlimon]

Great job!!

[@benewgillian6823]

Amazing work .. I'm so impressed .. You gave that old and rusty camera a second life !! Greetings from France

[@Hephasto]

Oui bonjour

[@hughsydney2620]

Great job, enjoying to watch. 👍

[@brianmyers13]

Say wha? There is no way that you can save that...wow. I guess you can! Great work!

[@eastriverpipefan]

Good vídeo

[@carltonphelps8088]

Beautiful.

[@EduardoRomero1965]

Really really good!

[@Bumeo]

I need more old camera repair. This just doesn't exist like this ....well not that I know of.

[@lloydd.haugeniii2679]

Excellent restoration!

[@marcmasterson9365]

Hi Guys Wow That Was Great Impressed Iv Never Done A Retro Camera Before Keep It Up Stay Safe All Best M. England.

[@mkv35]

я не верил до конца что ЭТО можно заставить работать.. автору - ты Золотые Руки. Лайк однозначно. p.s. Сам восстанавливаю старые объективы, но тут - уровень Бог

[@japanvintagecamera8869]

Meiko were the maker of the cheapest of Japanese cameras, in Japan they are usually referred as "toy" cameras. They were the kind of camera you would get as a gift if you had very cheap grandparents, or which you could get in America from a comic book ad. Some of them have a bit of value due to their rareness, they have become rare because they were usually thrown away when they stopped working, and most of them stopped working rather quickly.

[@melody3741]

This is super interesting thank you for the comment!!

[@c.h.schouler6621]

Incredible. Kudos to you.

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

Great job buddy 👍

[@j.m.5917]

Amazing!!!

[@richardyeung6562]

Such a great job. 👍

[@warhanahobicins4679]

This gonna get a million views

[@lucas.favaro]

Very good

[@ianscott3762]

What you ended with is amazing, considering how bad the camera was. Great job, new subscriber.

[@walterfink9782]

I started my retail/wholesale/photographer career, in the early 1970's. I've seen many cheap early cameras like this one, but not this brand. The meter looked like the very old type, that did not use a battery. It probably took okay photos, though. We've come a long way, in photography. I worked in a pawn shop for two years. I was in charge of anything relating to photography. I had hundreds of great cameras and lenses, that needed repair, in one way or another. Only a few were repaired in my time there, and those repairs didn't fix the issue. The cameras came back worse, than they went in for. That was in the 90's. None were digital. But some were really nice cameras. I remember a Nikon F3 with motor drive. Clean. Other nice cameras as well. Not much was done with those hundreds of cameras and lenses, after I left. The pawn shop was turned into a parking lot, years ago.

[@constantinatanita1687]

How much is that if restored? Just an idea please? What's the year model? Thanks

[@walterfink9782]

@@constantinatanita1687 If you're talking about the camera shown here, I wouldn't bother restoring it. If you want an inexpensive 35mm film camera, I would check with pawn shops, camera repair shops and even camera stores. Maybe even garage sales. You should be able to find a nice working camera. Film and procesding/printing are still available. Who knows, you might find a digital camera in good condition. Be careful in your search. If you are knowledgeable about cameras, you should be okay. If not, take someone with you, that is. I worked in the photo industry for decades. I had my own business taking photos and I was even I evolved in professional sports. I also worked for Nikon. And I worked retail in camera stores. I know. Best of luck to you!

[@constantinatanita1687]

No plans to restore mine, got 3 old cameras here. I wanna sell them, 1970s, 80s, thanks

[@bryanotero123]

@@constantinatanita1687 oh hello there 😅

[@bryanotero123]

@@constantinatanita1687 what brand?

[@ВадимЯстребов-щ5б]

Видос снят явно для тех кто любит посмотреть на чудо.Кто занимался этим реально, поймет,что камеру предварительно приукрасили,в ковычках говоря.При внешнем состоянии,внутри должно быть на много хуже.У него и шестерёнки крутятся,и винтики без проблем откручиваются .Видос для просмотров из любопытства.

[@develmen1]

так он еще и шестеренки со ржавчиной обратно засунул kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTNommHasekn6s

[@M_I_Sha]

Полностью с Вами согласен!

[@PAULSWorld131]

Absolutely stunning mate. Hell of a job. Smart solution to repair the film transport handle with epoxy. And very interesting to see, the filmbed is slightly curved. You made the camera work again, with relatively good and sharp images, at least for a 1960 camera. Well done!

[@toasty2324]

It's fake bro

[@youarenotaghost3702]

One of the most beautiful videos ever.

[@mikeemry9991]

ouch guys lol you did great my man

[@wilkbor]

Great job.

[@thomasbyg4795]

SPECTACULAR!

[@tompaste387]

BRAVO

[@lensman5762]

Amazing work. Try and do that to these modern imaging computers to today. My Contax G2 has stopped working, and I know what is wrong with it, but no one is willing to repair it. A brilliant camera is just sitting there.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Although it took the longest time to restore this old camera, this was something that was shown most recently.

[@SentinelIXK]

Not exactly apples to apples in terms of complexity.

[@gomdoridoridori]

Wow!! very good~!!!

[@dimwitrj]

The painted on fake dirt/rust/moss job was horribly done.

[@snakecold6755]

Your eyes are crap

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

It definitely looks deliberate for sure.

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

@@snakecold6755 it’s so fake there’s no way the camera would look like this even if stored in horrible conditions.

[@liammm7036]

@@therestorationofdrwho1865 yeah it was definitely deliberate. You can see the rust forms brushstrokes like an oxidizer was brushed onto the body of the camera with a paintbrush.

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

@@liammm7036 Exactly. No matter what way I try looking at it, it looks fake as hell. It literally just looks like paint, even. It’s that bad. And none of the “rusted” areas having any pitting, the metal looks perfectly fine underneath, and whatever he put on it immediately started seeping off into that soapy water he put them in, along with whatever that blue shit was.

[@Poseidon22332]

Beautiful. Very calming. Greetings from Vienna.

[@JayJSHIN-uz6yo]

빛 바랜듯한 색감, 조금은 뿌연듯한 화면... 어렸을적 집에 카메라가 없어서 어머님께서 사진사를 불러서 찍어주셨던 기억이 나네요. 카메라도 전화기도 자가용도 없던 시절이었는데 하루종일 친구들과 밖에서 뛰어놀던 시절.

[@MrFixiit]

Nice job saving that old camera from the landfill and giving it a new life.

[@lylestavast7652]

Nice job :)

[@hoperestoration5595]

wow great dear i like your way of restoration dear keep it up you have amazing tricks of restoration...subscribed...