Voigtlander Vito C

This is another nice camera with a simple but bright and big viewfinder especially when after I cleaned them upon purchasing it from Germany. It works perfectly though it was from the 50s'and it is unexpectedly heavy for a simple camera. The Voigtlander name is pure classic with its classic style. Thought I should have one of these just for my collection.

Rollei 35 S Black Body

My black beauty Rollei 35 S of the 70s'! The sonnar lens is supposedly excellent for color but not really for monochrome. Looks solid but make sure we don't get any dings and dents on the easily-dentable soft top cover!

Heck...here my beauty and its smallish lens has also requested for a black collapsible rubber hood shade as if shades is necessary!!

Rollei 35 T

A must-have for me if I am into vintage cameras! This is a smallish fully mechanical Rollei 35 T with a Tessar lens supposedly excellent for monochrome and street photography. Zone focusing with a simple viewfinder enables quick draw and snapping! Snapping and holding this camera is a pleasure! PX625 mercury battery for the light meter but if you don't have it, just use sunny 16 rule for your next spin!

Kodak Retina Ib

A 1950s' Kodak Retina Ib in full working condition with a simple viewfinder which is excellent for zone focusing. It fits my palm nicely though it can be slightly heavy for this size.

Konica C35 FD aka Auto S3.

A superb palm-sized camera with a fast lens of 38mm 1:1.8 suitable for street photography. Apparently this model is relatively scarce.
The camera has been serviced and re-calibrated to take in a commonly found non-mercury LR44 battery.  Here my camera has a orange filter and a monochrome film ready for snapping.

Yashica Lynx 14

Another solid camera in my collection is this 1970s' Yashica Lynx 14 with a fast lens of Yashinon 1:1.4. Holding this camera is a pleasure with the smooth solid metal and quiet shutter mechanism.Has always been protected by its solid leather case, this camera is still going strong with all its mechanism.

Kodak Retina Ib. Micro-surgery on sticky shutter.

Entering the heart of the shutter mechanism of any camera can be intimating especially the first time. Step by step and remembering all the postions of the screws and springs can be invigorating for your brain!

The shutter here is rather sticky caused by some old lubricants and dirt. I have to remove the retarder and timer to view and remove the shutter retainer. Take the opportunity to oil the timer as well later.

Parts piece by piece. They are precision parts and must be carefully handled from here.

There are 3 screws that hold the shutter retainer. One is longer than the rest and make sure the longer one is screwed on the right hand side as shown here. Try switching them and your shutter leaf may not open!