INDY

Incoming....

My most challenging amateur repair up to now, after taking into account the other bits it comes with, which I can use on another camera or sell on, it'll stand me very little.

Mamiya 90mm f3.8 from the 70s, looks nice but the shutter doesn't work so as you can see from the library pic, it'll be fun diving in!!!!
Wish me luck when it lands!

Addendum: As it turned out the Lens was working when it landed, well it passed the usual testing for this lens, will test some more but sometimes you get lucky!

First fix for 2026.

Rangefinder cameras don't focus the same as SLRs, they use moving lenses inside the camera so that you see 2 images in the viewfinder, so when the subject is in focus the 2 images are lined up and you only see one.

Here we have a Fujica G690, a Medium Format Rangefinder, that the focusing system is jammed so there are constantly 2 images in the viewfinder and no idea what is in focus.

It turned out to be a dirty post inside the cameras rangefinder system, which was stopping the moving lens from, well moving and was stuck on infinity, it has to move along the shaft with the white dots, there was some cosmetic work done also which will be painted later in the year.

The pics with the white dots are the areas that needed cleaning as well as the front glass.

Next little fix PT1, a Mamiya RB67Pro film back, first step with me is always a good clean and one of those 20min jobs that takes 2hrs!

Cleaning the old foam away before trying to fix it, although the issue it came with is sort of not an issue as just tried it on a body and it seems to work.

There a couple of issues that need sorting before it's used in anger but up to now, onwards and upwards....

Testing the old 1980's Sun 24-40/3.5 out earlier in fading daylight on the Olympus E-420, quick jolly to the shops.

It's been a while but a qu**ky for you, a little bit more saved from landfill and brought to life for another few years.

Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2012, came stock with 4GB and a sh*tty 500GB 5400RPM HDD < This is the bottleneck in these machines.

So on this occasion it was an easy upgrade:

1: 240GB SSD from the bit drawer, moved the little plugs to hold it in place from the old HDD. [Fresh install of Catalina 10.15]

2: 16GB RAM [£20 Amazon, ordered last night, came this morning.] These only officially support 8GB RAM but you know, shouldn't always believe what Apple tells you!

3: Cup of Coffee and half an hour blood sweat and tears!

A more modern OS could be hackily installed but whilst tempting and doable, sometimes, if it works, don't fix it, comes to mind and the old slow 500Gb was put into a £7 USB3 Caddy to be used for storage/backup.

I won't upload the 2 minute original boot up video, just the new boot up one.