You make it look easy. Opening the batteryholder. I just found a Contax 139 in the basement but I cant get the batteryholder to open. Its stuck somehow. Are there any tricks to open it. Like, idk, heating it or what not? There still a film in there though. And it seems like there some film left, so i dont want to ruin it(by idk, heating it or something stupid like that(this is my first old camera and i'm pretty happy with it))
Don't heat it! You could deform the plasticmade batteryholder irreversibly, or even the camera body! If you can't open the batteryholder, open the whole bottom cover. There are three tiny screws that hold it. But use a precision engineering crosstip screw driver (size Ph.0), don't spoil the screws, you still need them!! ;-) Hence you opened it, you can open the batteryholder from the other side. The film chamber is completely seperated from the bottom -
So I opened the Contax the way you said and it all came out easy. There was some blue-greenish stuff on the metal. Which is rust if i'm not mistaking.
My thought was to let the rust dissolve or something. 'cuz I still cant get the lid of the batteryholder to open. The batteryholder was still connected to a wire so i can't completely separate it from the camera.
My question: Is there any way to dissolve the corrosion?
Damned, you are right, it's on the Contax RTS/Yashica FR where the battery compartment cover is screwed directly into the bottom cover. I've opened my 139 and the cable on the battery compartment is too short to cut it and to solder it again after cleaning the compartment. I never had a problem with rust on my cameras, so I don't know what you could use for dissolving it. But the colour (blue-greenish) doesn't sound like rust and iron oxidation, ...
... it's probably a chemical reaction with acid escaped from the batteries. This would explain why you can't open the batterholder. Unfortunately I have no more ideas how you could proceed now, because I've never experienced this problem before... I'm sorry! If you use some kind of antioxidation solvent take cautions that it can't flow into the camera body!!
I think i'm just going to open it with some brute force. Even if that means i'm going to have to use some tape or something to close the batterylid. Such a shame that i have to hurt the camera though.
Anyhow, thnx for your attention. You were most helpfull :)
Your welcome! I hope you can open it without too much damage!! BTW, if the thread on the camera is still okay after your opening, you could use the batteryholder of every Yashica FX as well (FX-2, FX-3 (Super 2000), FX-7, FX-D, FX-103). They are interchangeable. Sometimes one can find one of these camera bodies very cheap with some electronical or mechanical defect!
You don't have any choice, you need 6V to get the shutter and the metering system working. ;-) But there are several options to do it, you can also use 4 SR44 batteries (one SR44 has 1,5V). If you don't find them or a PX28 (V28PX, KS28), you could also take a GP476 (all of them are different names for the same 6V battery).
Even a 2CR1/3N might work, but once I got a warning from a Contax/Yashica repair shop that it is not good to use a lithium battery on an old camera, but they didn't tell me why.
You can use every type of film, slide film, negative film, black & white film, from 12 to 3200 ASA... but of course it has to be in a 135 film cartridge. ;-) Unfortunately I justhave a video for loading a film cartridge into a Yashica FX-3, but it's pretty much the same - only that the film take-up spool turns clockwise in the FX-3, and counterclockwise in the FR-1, and you have slots (FX-3) respectively clips (FR-1) to fix the film.
Danke, Ferd! Meine alte Passion!! ;-) Das Video ist schon während der Videotagebücher entstanden und hat seitdem auf eine günstige Gelegenheit zum Hochladen gewartet. :-)
Hello! I have a used yashica fx-3 and was interested in starting photography but the film advance lever is broken. :( we tried screwing it in tight since it was loose but it was a temporary day fix...and now its loose again unless i rewind it with the screwdriver :|...is there any place i can fix it or can i show you some pictures to help me fix it?
Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately, Kyocera, the manufacturer of Yashica and Contax camera, has ceased the production of the cameras some six years ago, and that's why there is a problem with spare parts and service for these cameras now. I could give you some addresses of repair shops in Germany, but I have no informations about repair shops in the U.S. But as it has a rather simple design and has been a wide-spread camera, I suppose that many repair shops can fix the FX-3!
Danke schön! Ein Euro hätte einfach nicht gepasst, der gehört in die Epoche der Digitalkameras, die in der Regel Akkus benötigen, und die Batteriefachabdeckungen werden inzwischen mit Schiebemechanismen verschlossen...
Ja, ist schon schade, dass es mit der analoge Photographie immer weniger wird...
You make it look easy. Opening the batteryholder. I just found a Contax 139 in the basement but I cant get the batteryholder to open. Its stuck somehow. Are there any tricks to open it. Like, idk, heating it or what not? There still a film in there though. And it seems like there some film left, so i dont want to ruin it(by idk, heating it or something stupid like that(this is my first old camera and i'm pretty happy with it))
If anyone could give me some tips,
Thnx,
SuperUltraMegaMark 1 month ago
@SuperUltraMegaMark
Don't heat it! You could deform the plasticmade batteryholder irreversibly, or even the camera body! If you can't open the batteryholder, open the whole bottom cover. There are three tiny screws that hold it. But use a precision engineering crosstip screw driver (size Ph.0), don't spoil the screws, you still need them!! ;-) Hence you opened it, you can open the batteryholder from the other side. The film chamber is completely seperated from the bottom -
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM
- there is no risk that the film will be exposed.
But I wonder what the reason is for your sticking batteryholder - is it tilted? Or is the slit for the coin deformed?
Well, I hope this will help you! The Contax 139 is a fine analog camera, and I hope you will have much more fun with it!!! :-)
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM
Thnx for the Tip
SuperUltraMegaMark 1 month ago
@LZFILM
So I opened the Contax the way you said and it all came out easy. There was some blue-greenish stuff on the metal. Which is rust if i'm not mistaking.
My thought was to let the rust dissolve or something. 'cuz I still cant get the lid of the batteryholder to open. The batteryholder was still connected to a wire so i can't completely separate it from the camera.
My question: Is there any way to dissolve the corrosion?
SuperUltraMegaMark 1 month ago
@SuperUltraMegaMark
Damned, you are right, it's on the Contax RTS/Yashica FR where the battery compartment cover is screwed directly into the bottom cover. I've opened my 139 and the cable on the battery compartment is too short to cut it and to solder it again after cleaning the compartment. I never had a problem with rust on my cameras, so I don't know what you could use for dissolving it. But the colour (blue-greenish) doesn't sound like rust and iron oxidation, ...
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM
... it's probably a chemical reaction with acid escaped from the batteries. This would explain why you can't open the batterholder. Unfortunately I have no more ideas how you could proceed now, because I've never experienced this problem before... I'm sorry! If you use some kind of antioxidation solvent take cautions that it can't flow into the camera body!!
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM
I think i'm just going to open it with some brute force. Even if that means i'm going to have to use some tape or something to close the batterylid. Such a shame that i have to hurt the camera though.
Anyhow, thnx for your attention. You were most helpfull :)
SuperUltraMegaMark 1 month ago
@SuperUltraMegaMark
Your welcome! I hope you can open it without too much damage!! BTW, if the thread on the camera is still okay after your opening, you could use the batteryholder of every Yashica FX as well (FX-2, FX-3 (Super 2000), FX-7, FX-D, FX-103). They are interchangeable. Sometimes one can find one of these camera bodies very cheap with some electronical or mechanical defect!
LZFILM 1 month ago
Hey, umm I have an FR-1 and I need a battery, is there any other than 6v? what other battery can i use? x
MiqaelRose 1 month ago
@MiqaelRose
You don't have any choice, you need 6V to get the shutter and the metering system working. ;-) But there are several options to do it, you can also use 4 SR44 batteries (one SR44 has 1,5V). If you don't find them or a PX28 (V28PX, KS28), you could also take a GP476 (all of them are different names for the same 6V battery).
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM Oh thank you! fair play, then I can use any type of roll on it? ( i beg your pardon, im new to this) x
MiqaelRose 1 month ago
@MiqaelRose
Even a 2CR1/3N might work, but once I got a warning from a Contax/Yashica repair shop that it is not good to use a lithium battery on an old camera, but they didn't tell me why.
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM Thank you! but what type of film do I use? do you have a video loading film? for the FR 1?
MiqaelRose 1 month ago
@MiqaelRose
You can use every type of film, slide film, negative film, black & white film, from 12 to 3200 ASA... but of course it has to be in a 135 film cartridge. ;-) Unfortunately I justhave a video for loading a film cartridge into a Yashica FX-3, but it's pretty much the same - only that the film take-up spool turns clockwise in the FX-3, and counterclockwise in the FR-1, and you have slots (FX-3) respectively clips (FR-1) to fix the film.
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM
Well, maybe I will make a short tutorial for the FR-1 and the RTS II soon! :-)
LZFILM 1 month ago
@LZFILM DO IT! that would be lofty! umm so can I buy a Kodak 135 Film Gold Bright Sun & Flash Film - 4X24 Exposure??
MiqaelRose 1 month ago
@MiqaelRose
At ISO200? Yeah, that would be a nice choice to start with! :-)
I tried to substitute a PX28 battery with four LR44, but it doesn't work.
I've filmed already something for an FR-1 tutorial! :-)
LZFILM 1 month ago
@MiqaelRose
I just uploaded the FR-I tutorial. :-)
LZFILM 1 month ago
Why do we use a battery?
goodnotgreatt 10 months ago
@goodnotgreatt
The mechanical shutter of the FX-3 works without a battery, but the electromagnetical shutters of the 139 Quartz and the FR I don't. ;-)
LZFILM 9 months ago
:-)
Zjwaamseliedjes 11 months ago
@Zjwaamseliedjes
Danke, Ferd! Meine alte Passion!! ;-) Das Video ist schon während der Videotagebücher entstanden und hat seitdem auf eine günstige Gelegenheit zum Hochladen gewartet. :-)
LZFILM 11 months ago
Hello! I have a used yashica fx-3 and was interested in starting photography but the film advance lever is broken. :( we tried screwing it in tight since it was loose but it was a temporary day fix...and now its loose again unless i rewind it with the screwdriver :|...is there any place i can fix it or can i show you some pictures to help me fix it?
AVrgs 11 months ago
@AVrgs
Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately, Kyocera, the manufacturer of Yashica and Contax camera, has ceased the production of the cameras some six years ago, and that's why there is a problem with spare parts and service for these cameras now. I could give you some addresses of repair shops in Germany, but I have no informations about repair shops in the U.S. But as it has a rather simple design and has been a wide-spread camera, I suppose that many repair shops can fix the FX-3!
LZFILM 11 months ago
@LZFILM Oh okay, thanks for replying! I'll take it to the nearest repair shop to see if they can do something about it then.
AVrgs 11 months ago
Nice video and music, Lars!********
Olga/
Oliy92466 11 months ago
@Oliy92466
Thank you, Olga!!! Photography is one of my passions! :-)
LZFILM 11 months ago
Stilvoll mit einer guten alten DM geöffnet! :)
In ein paar Jahren wissen viele gar nicht mehr das es mal so etwas wie den chemischen Film gab...
VG Bidone
Bidone1967 11 months ago
@Bidone1967
Danke schön! Ein Euro hätte einfach nicht gepasst, der gehört in die Epoche der Digitalkameras, die in der Regel Akkus benötigen, und die Batteriefachabdeckungen werden inzwischen mit Schiebemechanismen verschlossen...
Ja, ist schon schade, dass es mit der analoge Photographie immer weniger wird...
LZFILM 11 months ago