Hi everyone. Have been busy getting ready for Christmas and spending some time with my son who is home from college. I have not been out doing much shooting but have been deep in a photography project.
I have been restoring an old film camera. My wife and her brothers were going through things at their mothers house and came across an old camera of hers that they remember vividly from their childhood. Most of the slides that we have of theirs was taken with this camera. I guess it was just assumed lost and can't remember the last time they saw it. Anyway, it was found buried in a box.
The camera is a Kodak Automatic 35 with flash that attaches to the side of the body. It was in terrible cosmetic shape but seemed to be mechanically ok. Given that I guess I am the unofficial photographer of the family, they gave it to me. It was covered in many years of dust and had mold in the viewfinder, inside the body and lens.
I decided that there was still life left in that old camera and was determined to get it going again. After many nights of tearing it down to the smallest components I could and cleaning gears, springs, lens, viewfinder etc. I am very happy that it is working in top shape again. The selenium exposure meter is still working too. Probably within 1/2 a stop. The only thing I had to replace was a small spring for the film winder that is on the bottom of the body vs top. I was not able to save the original flash reflector but was able to find a replacement in great condition on eBay for a few bucks.
Thought I would post a few "after" pictures here on the thread.
The old camera will be once again taking Christmas pictures of the family this Christmas. With great memories of Emma.
To keep the post inline with the rules of the thread, the pictures were taken with Nikon camera and Nikon lens (Df and 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor)
