Lomography

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• A Yashica 635's Resurrection

  
  This is an unbelievable story about how a cameraman called Bebot resurrected a dead Yashica 365.
  May 20, 2013 8 comments 36 likes

• Fix the Sticky-Shutter Problem of the LC-A

  
  Older LC-A cameras have often the problem, that the shutter is not opening anymore. In the tipster I show you how fix the sticky shutter problem.
  February 21, 2013 7 comments 15 likes

• How to Repair the Rubberised Curtains of a Shutter

  
  A simple way to repair the holes (more or less deep) in the rubberised curtains of a shutter. Often these holes are located on the second curtain, that is rolled up when the shutter is not cocked, causing annoying light leaks. With a little patience it is possible to repair it, reviving cameras otherwise destined only to be shown in a cabinet.
  November 27, 2012 3 comments 4 likes

• ★ The Skinny on Fixing Fat Film Rolls: A Permanent Solution

  
  Feeling burnt by fat, loosely wound rolls of film from your Diana F+? Is the extra light eating away at your photos? Here is a quick, cheap, easy and permanent fix to wind thin and tight rolls once again!
  July 26, 2012 10 comments 21 likes

• Zenit E: Shutter Curtain Repairs

  
  Getting half overexposed or simply way overexposed film back from the lab? It's time for an inspection, your Zenit is most likely suffering from old age!
  July 20, 2012 10 comments 12 likes

• Fix Your Broken Fujifilm Instax 210 Self-Shoot Lens with Used Instant Photo Cartridges!

  
  The little plastic latches on my self-shoot/close-up-shot lens broke, so it no longer attaches to the Fujifilm Instax 210. Since I did not think it was worth paying over $15 for a tiny piece of plastic, I decided to repair my own using cheap and available materials---super glue, paper clips, used instant photo cartridges, and magnets!
  June 18, 2012 2 comments 1 like

• Fixing Diana F+ Colorflash After Losing Gel Filter Holding Bubble

  
  Burst your bubble on the Diana F+ Color flash and now don’t know how to get color gels to stick over the flash? Your days of color flash photography are not lost. Here’s my aesthetically pleasing, functional, quick and cheap fix.
  April 30, 2012 6 likes

• What It Takes: United States Camera Corp. Reflex II

  
  In Volume 3 of What It Takes, I dive into the world of respooling film to bring back an old bakelite 620 box camera that wants you to think it's a TLR. Spoiler alert: it's not!
  April 20, 2012 5 comments 9 likes

• How to Assemble a Horizon Kompakt

  
  I stumbled upon a dismantled Horizon Kompakt and set to work building it back up again. This is my version of events in the hope it will help other people. This guide can be used for the dismantling too, you just have to read it backwards!
  April 11, 2012 7 comments 22 likes

• What It Takes: Agfa Super Silette Rangefinder

  
  In the second edition of What It Takes, I unexpectedly find myself wrist-deep in the inner workings of an Agfa Super Silette after my test shots take a turn for the worse.
  March 20, 2012 8 comments 11 likes

• The Answer to a Broken Lever on Your Sprocket Rocket

  
  I just bought a new Sprocket Rocket and was wondering if the lever for setting N or B is faulty. Here's what I found out.
  March 09, 2012 3 comments 10 likes

• What It Takes: Universal Mercury II

  
  In the first installment of my regular series What it Takes, I transform a dirty but unusual old half-frame camera from a grimy mess into a fantastic photographic workhorse using nothing but some elbow grease and a spot of glue. Read about the transformation after the jump.
  February 20, 2012 22 comments 36 likes

• When the Diana F+ Flash Doesn't Dazzle, Fix It!

  
  Sometimes, that extra drop on the hard concrete floor, or the extra thud on the edge on a wooden table can knock the mechanism that enables our retro Diana F+ falshes to shoot a dazzling display of light. Often, it can be fixed. Diana F+ flash can be saved!
  January 10, 2012 13 comments 15 likes

• ★ Just Look at this LC-A Gone Green!

  
  Oh my! What have were here? Can you see this black beauty through the green and brown? If not, we'll help you identify the camera, in much need of a makeover. Though, we have to say, this moldy look is 'growing' on us.
  December 23, 2011 10 comments 44 likes

• How to Change the Top of Your Trusty LC-A or LC-A+

  
  This goes out to the unfortunate Lomographers whose LC-A+ od LC-A experienced a mishap and needs some care. If the top part of your trusty camera cracked or broke you'll learn how to change that part. Have fun and get your hands dirty to get a feel for your LC-A!
  August 05, 2011 5 comments 19 likes

• Fix Your Fed for Pfennigs!

  
  I was ecstatic to find an old Fed 3 going cheap in a thrift store. Some real Soviet-era heavy metal for my collection of cameras. It looked great. Nice clear lens, shiny chrome bits, and everything seemed to move as it should. So I bought it and took it home.
  July 18, 2011 4 comments 11 likes

• Many wonderful reasons why you should keep tape in your camera bag

  
  I have found tape invaluable. I now keep a huge roll in my bag at all times and I find new uses all the time. I hope to show a few different ideas especially when using a PC adapter.
  May 24, 2011 15 likes

• Tutorial: How to Repair your Fisheye 2

  
  Are you in love with your Fisheye but it's no longer working and the guarantee is expired? I was in that hopeless situation, but I was in luck because my dad is better than McGyver. We dismantled it to find the problem and to repair it. In our case the wind on wheel was blocked for a broken piece into the wheel. If it is your problem follow this guide. If you have other problems perhaps this article could be interesting for learn how disassemble your Fisheye 2 and how find the problem.
  February 25, 2011 6 comments 15 likes

• ★ Tutorial: How to Fix your Diana Mini for GOOD. No More Film Advance Problems!

  
  Diana Mini is a great camera, and with this quick modification, we will make it better. When I could not find the answers I was looking for, I took matters into my own hands. I have a knack for taking things apart and fixing them so I thought this would be easy, and I was right.
  August 05, 2010 84 comments 94 likes

• WUK Bike Repair

  
  Have the most fun you can get on two wheels at the Wuk Bike Repair!
  November 01, 2009