How A Grimy 1960s Camera Is Restored | Refurbished

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How A Grimy 1960s Camera Is Restored | Refurbished | Insider

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Жыл бұрын

Mathieu Stern is an experimental photographer from France. On his KZfaq channel, he restores old Edixa Reflex cameras. Refurbishing one of these antique cameras involves a lot of delicate cleaning, picking out old pieces of foam, and replacing the peeling skins. At the end, the camera is restored to like-new condition.
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How A Grimy 1960s Camera Is Restored | Refurbished | Insider

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@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

the black permanent marker is definitely not the way to go. it's not permanent enough, not opaque and thick enough, likely to be a weird blue-purple tone, and will rub off on hands.

@carolynquirke5342 Жыл бұрын

What do you recommend to use that’s better? 3:13

@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

@@carolynquirke5342 brush on something that more closely resembles the original black lacquer, on a well cleaned and maybe primed surface. I've never lacquered metal, but I've heard of zapon lacquer as an old standard lacquer for metal. but there probably are many others. you can buy colours for mixing into lacquers, and I think also fine powdery products that you can mix into lacquers if you want them to dry matte (by making the surface rough). at least there are lacquers that already have that stuff in them. for non-transparent black lacquer, an insoluble pigment such as lamp black or bone black would be good (the original lacquer on metal definitely was non-transparent, it looks a bit odd to see shiny metal reflecting through a black lacquer).

@JRH087 Жыл бұрын

youd want at least a paint marker

@elijahtrol5936 Жыл бұрын

Not a regular sharpie

@michaelelsy2209 Жыл бұрын

I preferred the black leather but a good restoration each to there own on which colour to go for 👍🏻.

@bubuli 9 ай бұрын

01:00 to be fair, that blade was probably put there to ensure that the resulting images are razor sharp.

@MathieuStern Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for Sharing my work !

@6891s Жыл бұрын

better than some dude destroyed a perfectly good condition item then restored it badly

@miamijules2149 Жыл бұрын

Seriously. That’s ridiculous...

@samio3907 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a fan of the sharpy and the brown skin. Nevertheless, good restoration.

@krunschnew Жыл бұрын

The only thing that realy rolled my nails was using a edding for the black

@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

yeah. worse than doing nothing.

@BlenderStudy Жыл бұрын

The restored camera looks amazing. Thank you for the update, Insider..!!

@khairulhelmihashim2510 Жыл бұрын

my local camera repairman charges around USD50-100 for a camera/lens repair and restoration job, depending on conditions.

@jmleeinla4025 Жыл бұрын

That was an extraordinary restoration!! Magical!!!

@brett4264 Жыл бұрын

Nice work! That custom skin you found really makes everything look new. Did you know about the availability of the a custom skin before you started? It seems all that work wasn't worth it if you didn't know about the custom skin.

@serenityenderson Жыл бұрын

I had one as a kid in the 70s, but I didn't know back then they were rare, so I believe it got dumped with a load of other stuff when I moved out...

@QuickQuips Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see how he uses it with his weird lens collection.

@firstnlastnamethe3rd771 Жыл бұрын

Nice job! A beautiful camera

@lukaszkwiatek-hasko732 Жыл бұрын

Good morning, I have a question. I have an EDIXA REFLEX MAT L/Z camera I'm having trouble restoring it. In my copy, there is dirt in the viewfinder (in the center of the prism). Is there any way to clean the prism inside

@shinypaintf588 Жыл бұрын

i liked the black way better i feel like it looks like a very 2013 hipster tumblr blog would post about it w the brown. at least it's still functional right?

@Billwzw Жыл бұрын

Does the camera work, or just look good ?

@NewEnglandPatriotsfan Жыл бұрын

Don't know but it is nice

@GetOutsideYourself Жыл бұрын

Fun project. Old-is-new, cool for the millenials, not for those of us who were around when there were no other options. Not a fan of paying big bucks for film and developing either.

@MultiSciGeek 11 ай бұрын

I wouldn't call this a restoration, but a clean up. I mean he could have gone a step further in REALLY restoring it, like taking it apart completely, cleaning everything, replacing ALL of foam (resoldering the wires and replacing capacitors if any), repainting the whole thing properly, not just going over with a sharpie lmao