![]() ![]() Oleg trades under the name OK cameras if anyone wants to find him on the web. I now have a nice usable but not over-restored looking Contax that would not have been worth repairing here in the UK. He cleaned lubricated and adjusted the collapsible f2 sonnar lens and ironed out the ding in the filter rim that was preventing the use of a filter/lens hood.Īnd the cost ? $ 80 US dollars, plus $20 postage! That is less than £ 50 in total. He removed the leather camera body coverings and treated the worst case of Zeiss bumps I have ever seen, refitting the original leather again. He dismantled the shutter completely, replaced the ribbons (using the correct material - again, courtesy of Kiev)and cleaned, lubricated and retimed the shutter. He replaced the dud selenium cell in the light meter with a Kiev 4 cell and recalibrated it. Oleg Khalyavin who is based several hundred kms east of Moscow performed miracles on this camera. Thought I would share my experience having a rather battered 1938 Contax III (bought on eBay) overhauled in the former Soviet Union. ![]()
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