Collection......

[DuncaninFrance]

Just sorting the camera collection out so I can display it better in the Gîte.
First job - Clean it................

[Niner]

NIce collection you have going there. Any film in those boxes?

[DuncaninFrance]

Yes. As soon as I get the A-1 I will run the B&W through it and see what we get......

[ArchFluffy]

Wow!

That's a lot of cameras!

-ArchFluffy

[DuncaninFrance]

MF READY TO GO................still waiting delivery of the A-1

[DuncaninFrance]

This arrived today

Now need a changing bag and some chemicals...........

[PeterN2]

Do any of the old cameras and lenses you have get any fungus growing in them? I have dug out my old Pentax Spotmatic and the standard lens has a growth in the lens. This is inside the lens, not the external surfaces. The local photo shop will not service a lens with fungus as the place they send it to will not touch a fungal infected lens due to contamination issues.
Regards
Peter.

[Niner]

"Contamination issues" hunh? What do they expect is growing in there... Bubonic Plague?

Here is one way to try to clean it yourself that came up with a google search. A little bit of mold may not affect the images produced by the lens in any noticable way if you don't do anything.

https://petapixel.com/2016/09/29/remove-fungus-lens/

[PeterN2]

I got the impression they don't want fungus around their workbenches and tools. That link was a good demonstration on cleaning fungal infected lenses. Not sure I would be confident of doing a good job myself. I will try another shop to see if they can sort out the fungus.
Regards
Peter.

[DuncaninFrance]

Arrived yesterday, now waiting for a battery...............