MineSix66
Established
Well, I guess I am debating on wether or not to restore my MineSix66. It needs a new bellows and I have to remove the rivets to get to it. I forgot to take pictures of the strip down so it might be difficult to put back together. I would like to get the light meter to work again but forgot how to put it back together and I read no one fixes them. I am having a hard time finding the leather to match.
Should we make this a forum project? I might just put it up on ebay.
Should we make this a forum project? I might just put it up on ebay.
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Windscale
Well-known
I think you can forget the leather for the time being. This is only cosmetic. Light meter you can also do without as it is best to use a handheld meter. You can either replace the bellows or put up a permanent structure to house the lens, thus turning the camera to become a non-folder. Either way it is not easy but can be done and worth a try now that you have gone so far and if the lens is in good enough condition. You won't get much by putting it on Ebay.
FallisPhoto
Veteran
The cheapest way of replacing the bellows is to harvest the bellows from a Kodak 66. On a Kodak 66, the bellows is pretty much the only well-made part of the camera. Also, since it was Kodak's very last bellows camera, the bellows are usually in pretty good shape.