How A Grimy 1960s Camera Is Restored | Refurbished | Insider

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  • čas přidán 20. 01. 2023
  • Mathieu Stern is an experimental photographer from France. On his CZcams channel, he restores old Edixa Reflex cameras. Refurbishing one of these antique cameras involves a lot of delicate cleaning, picking out old pieces of foam, and replacing the peeling skins. At the end, the camera is restored to like-new condition.
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Komentáře • 45

  • @Ass_of_Amalek
    @Ass_of_Amalek Před rokem +98

    the black permanent marker is definitely not the way to go. it's not permanent enough, not opaque and thick enough, likely to be a weird blue-purple tone, and will rub off on hands.

    • @carolynquirke5342
      @carolynquirke5342 Před rokem +1

      What do you recommend to use that’s better? 3:13

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek Před rokem +5

      @@carolynquirke5342 brush on something that more closely resembles the original black lacquer, on a well cleaned and maybe primed surface. I've never lacquered metal, but I've heard of zapon lacquer as an old standard lacquer for metal. but there probably are many others. you can buy colours for mixing into lacquers, and I think also fine powdery products that you can mix into lacquers if you want them to dry matte (by making the surface rough). at least there are lacquers that already have that stuff in them. for non-transparent black lacquer, an insoluble pigment such as lamp black or bone black would be good (the original lacquer on metal definitely was non-transparent, it looks a bit odd to see shiny metal reflecting through a black lacquer).

    • @JRH087
      @JRH087 Před rokem

      youd want at least a paint marker

    • @elijahtrol5936
      @elijahtrol5936 Před rokem +1

      Not a regular sharpie

  • @michaelelsy2209
    @michaelelsy2209 Před rokem +65

    I preferred the black leather but a good restoration each to there own on which colour to go for 👍🏻.

  • @MathieuStern
    @MathieuStern Před rokem +9

    Thanks a lot for Sharing my work !

  • @bubuli
    @bubuli Před 7 měsíci +12

    01:00 to be fair, that blade was probably put there to ensure that the resulting images are razor sharp.

  • @6891s
    @6891s Před rokem +42

    better than some dude destroyed a perfectly good condition item then restored it badly

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy Před rokem +7

    The restored camera looks amazing. Thank you for the update, Insider..!!

  • @krunschnew
    @krunschnew Před rokem +8

    The only thing that realy rolled my nails was using a edding for the black

  • @samio3907
    @samio3907 Před rokem +8

    I'm not a fan of the sharpy and the brown skin. Nevertheless, good restoration.

  • @brett4264
    @brett4264 Před rokem +4

    Nice work! That custom skin you found really makes everything look new. Did you know about the availability of the a custom skin before you started? It seems all that work wasn't worth it if you didn't know about the custom skin.

  • @jmleeinla4025
    @jmleeinla4025 Před rokem +4

    That was an extraordinary restoration!! Magical!!!

  • @khairulhelmihashim2510
    @khairulhelmihashim2510 Před rokem +1

    my local camera repairman charges around USD50-100 for a camera/lens repair and restoration job, depending on conditions.

  • @serenityenderson
    @serenityenderson Před rokem +5

    I had one as a kid in the 70s, but I didn't know back then they were rare, so I believe it got dumped with a load of other stuff when I moved out...

  • @lukaszkwiatek-hasko732

    Good morning, I have a question.
    I have an EDIXA REFLEX MAT L/Z camera
    I'm having trouble restoring it. In my copy, there is dirt in the viewfinder (in the center of the prism).
    Is there any way to clean the prism inside

  • @QuickQuips
    @QuickQuips Před rokem +2

    Can't wait to see how he uses it with his weird lens collection.

  • @firstnlastnamethe3rd771
    @firstnlastnamethe3rd771 Před rokem +7

    Nice job!
    A beautiful camera

  • @shinypaintf588
    @shinypaintf588 Před rokem

    i liked the black way better i feel like it looks like a very 2013 hipster tumblr blog would post about it w the brown. at least it's still functional right?

  • @GetOutsideYourself
    @GetOutsideYourself Před rokem

    Fun project. Old-is-new, cool for the millenials, not for those of us who were around when there were no other options. Not a fan of paying big bucks for film and developing either.

  • @ultraphotographer
    @ultraphotographer Před 9 měsíci

    Wonderful camera. When i First saw a video of her, i decided to buy One.

  • @Billwzw
    @Billwzw Před rokem +1

    Does the camera work, or just look good ?

  • @camc6864
    @camc6864 Před 10 měsíci

    I feel like I’ve seen this video on another channel without a voice over?

  • @MohammedKhaled-ju7gy
    @MohammedKhaled-ju7gy Před rokem

    The view finder is amazing 😮

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek Před 10 měsíci

    I wouldn't call this a restoration, but a clean up. I mean he could have gone a step further in REALLY restoring it, like taking it apart completely, cleaning everything, replacing ALL of foam (resoldering the wires and replacing capacitors if any), repainting the whole thing properly, not just going over with a sharpie lmao

  • @daveblane6442
    @daveblane6442 Před rokem

    why?

  • @cziegle3794
    @cziegle3794 Před rokem +1

    Yay top 33 comments and top 800 likes. Great work love this channel

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 Před rokem

    Gorgeous!

  • @NewEnglandPatriotsfan

    Everything photography is excellent

  • @buzzsah
    @buzzsah Před rokem

    Nice work.

  • @brunotechinvest
    @brunotechinvest Před rokem

    Perfect ❤❤❤❤

  • @kakungcu
    @kakungcu Před rokem

    Grimmy 1960s camera restored

  • @zoltankaparthy9095
    @zoltankaparthy9095 Před rokem

    Great job.

  • @mattresbert
    @mattresbert Před rokem

    Brilliant stuff

  • @khurramkhurshed9427
    @khurramkhurshed9427 Před rokem

    Interesting

  • @rustamskitchen4713
    @rustamskitchen4713 Před rokem

    👍👍👍

  • @ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole
    @ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole Před 8 měsíci

    I would not call this a restoration...

  • @eddakouchfatima8573
    @eddakouchfatima8573 Před rokem

    سلام 🌹👍🌹

  • @sih1095
    @sih1095 Před rokem

    Absolutely hypnotic to watch. Kudos.

  • @JS-zj3yv
    @JS-zj3yv Před rokem +1

    First 🥇

  • @fompan
    @fompan Před rokem +2

    So much wrong with this entire video... This was not good