1960s Vintage 35mm Film Camera Restoration
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- The Meika 35 vintage film camera is a very basic 35mm film viewfinder camera produced by the Japanese company Tougodo. It has a 50mm fixed-focus lens. The aperture is controlled via a three-step ring (for bright light, medium light, poor light indicated by icons). It has only 1 shutter speed. The top- and bottom-covers are plain aluminum.
One of Tougodo's Meisupii series of stylish modern toy rangefinder cameras from the 1960s. The "Meika" (should it even be pronounced as "Leica"?) is distinct from the many variations of "Meikai" cameras (ST, SL, EL, etc).
This old camera, you can see it was kept in a very bad environment. After the restore was done, I tried taking pictures from it. I am quite impressed with the photos it brings. You will see photos at the END of the VIDEO.
I hope you like my work and the video.
Sorry for my bad English, it's not my language.
Thanks for watching, don't forget to like and subscribe!
#restoration #filmcamera #35mm #meika
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 :)
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!!
@@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!
JeffDvrx I admire you and your understanding!! 😉😉😉
if anyone thinks this video is bad, just show them this one: ua-cam.com/video/yYCR7rAyNic/v-deo.html
@@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*
lovely painted on dirt effect there
You noticed that too? The fingerprints in the red "rust" are a nice touch.
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?
Please do not do anything this guy did
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
I have to salut these restorers simply for remembering where everything goes when re-assembling the project. No matter what it be !
He filmed the disassembly so doesn't have to remember....
Yup, I'm with you there.
Yep. My feelings exactly.
There's service manuals
Love seeing old camera repair!!!
It's fake
wonderful photos at the end. Obviously the ones of your daughter make the project worth doing for yourself!
Beautifully Restored.
Didn’t think it was possible! You have amazing skills!
It's fake... the camera at the end, is this same camera before he dirtied it up on purpose and reasembled it...
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
Wow. Second life! Great job, great pics. Very live it. Thank you.
Thanks for the entertainment, that was delightful to watch. Have a great day, kind regards from Germany!
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.
так он еще и шестеренки со ржавчиной обратно засунул ua-cam.com/video/7Cjq6Q5bqiI/v-deo.html
Полностью с Вами согласен!
Brilliant, fascinating, joyful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I am mesmerized. It was like hypnotic therapy watching this
Beautiful, from start to finish!
Such a pleasure you did not add a fucking music track!! THANK YOU!
Wow! Beautiful work of art.
From the removal and cleaning of every little detail to the replacement of heavily damaged parts, it is all done meticulously and precisely 😀
Incredible. Kudos to you.
This was extremely satisfying to watch.
👌🏻I restored a yashica linx and it’s nice to see more people who recover this pieces of history ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
My father has one, it's stopped working but is utterly beautiful!
Good job. Precise work
BRAVO
Amazing work, almost as complex as a watch
Thank you. So cool to se the pics you took with it. Keep up the great work
Phew!!! While you were fixing the lens i had an anxiety attack ... 😄😄😄👍👍
The patients of this guy....🤩🤩🤩
What a jop verry interesting 👍
Das ist doch mal fein gemacht!
What Language is it??
@@radilfavaia6217 German!
One of the most beautiful videos ever.
very good mate great job a new camera again
awesone! the pictures are amazing!
I'd never be able to put it back together. Ever. Removing parts: easy. Remembering where they go? Impossible
Masterful accomplishment! I appluad the detail, patience, and precise workmanship! BRAVO!
Nice video to watch, although I had some concerns about the work as I went along.
My main question was why bother restoring a camera with a simple meniscus lens, leaf shutter and tiny aperture? It’s never going to take great photos so why go to all that effort?
Súper...!!..Excelente....de vuelta a la vida ...ji ji ji ji.... Saludossss
What Language is it??
Very good
Incredible 😃
Wow man. Beautiful job. Nice Fuji homage.
Wow all that and not a single word was said! Wow!! 👍😲
Such a great job. 👍
Tell you WHAT!! "THAT WAS A GREAT JOB"!!!
Awesome video and restoration
What were the different solutions you used to clean the pieces?
Hi Guys Wow That Was Great Impressed Iv Never Done A Retro Camera Before Keep It Up Stay Safe All Best M. England.
you professional restoration 👏
love from morrocco
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.
Good job
Love Acros. Amazing video
Well done you have great skills and patience.
It's nice to have an old camera getting restored, for the first time ever.
Real or not, you watch Avatar and never question it's authenticity. This is relaxing and wonderful to watch. Thank you.
Avatar doesn't present its characters as real...
Unless soap can remove rust like it was chocolate powder over plastic, it is false.
Fantastic work! Honorable!!
Beautiful. Very calming.
Greetings from Vienna.
Say wha? There is no way that you can save that...wow. I guess you can! Great work!
I need more old camera repair. This just doesn't exist like this ....well not that I know of.
Loved this video,good job. So pleasant to watch.
東郷堂のメイカイ35か!綺麗に写りますよ!良いカメラです。
Well done! I would have thought the camera was a write-off.
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
Beautiful.
It's a joy to see a camera being healed like this for a new life
It's fake rust dude
@@lucab1733 I know
Its so satisfying. Make more videos like this!
Don't apologise for your English. It's far, far, better than I can speak in any other language.
Amazing working congratulations!
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!
Nice restoration! Another film camera on field, great job!
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 😊
Well!!! Amazing video
Wow, that's amazing
Really really good!
that is just astonishing!
Great job, enjoying to watch. 👍
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.
This is super interesting thank you for the comment!!
Wow!! very good~!!!
I would be able to disassemble it too. Assembling it back.... let alone having it in working conditions in the end. You can forget about it.
U are awesome n love this video
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.
How much is that if restored? Just an idea please? What's the year model? Thanks
@@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!
No plans to restore mine, got 3 old cameras here. I wanna sell them, 1970s, 80s, thanks
@@constantinatanita1687 oh hello there 😅
@@constantinatanita1687 what brand?
very cool
This is a great restoration.
The encrustacean of gunk does indeed look deliberately applied. Play the video in reverse to see how it was done.
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.
exactly, as it touched water it released colours immediately and came of with no effort.
Yes, he does a bad fake aging before the “repair”! 🤣
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.
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.
This was really great
I hope you to keep adding more other videos, subscribed
Thank you so much!
This sound is pleasing to the ear
Marvelous! Thank you...
Nice job :)
Excellent restoration!
Wonderfull
Great job buddy 👍
Amazing work man!! 🙌✨
ouch guys lol you did great my man
Thank you for your wonderful effort for making such a great video by restoring that old camera! Was a lot of interesting video to learn how and what type of mechanism was used to use that day! But some how I feel that camera could've deserve a more detailing like using more cleaning against rust, using better quality colour, better cleaning inside the film chamber, little bit of more buffing against scratch etc. Otherwise 👍
It's fake
Fake
Anyway what amazing work you did! Congratulations!
SUPER
Nice👌
AMAZING. You are amazing.
You are good father, 👍
Fantastic video.
Well there's something you don't see everyday............A hammer to fix a camera.
Bravo
Amazing work .. I'm so impressed .. You gave that old and rusty camera a second life !!
Greetings from France
Oui bonjour
I have a lot of old cameras.. many of them need repair.. none of them look like they were soaked in mud, you have a sweet looking daughter.
Awesome
wow actually impressive