![]() Of course it was only after I had it apart that I found that there was a cap on the front in the dead center of the panel that made it easy to oil without disassembly.Īnother factor to consider with these old cameras is that they were made for double perf film. ![]() One of the oldest 70 that I got didn’t work at first but after I remove the shutter panel from the front I found that it just needed a tiny bit of oil to get it running. The filmo 70’s are not too bad to work on if you restrict yourself to the shutter area, if you go beyond that into the spring motor portion then you are asking for the spring to pop out and knock you head off. ![]() I have purchased the occasional camera that came broke and was easily repaired with a bit of oil or other TLC but generally digging into the guts of any camera is good way to end up with a junk box full of camera parts and not much else. I have purchased all kinds of old cameras of ebay and it seems that maybe 50% turn out to be OK. So what about repair? well any old camera found on ebay is quite a tossup. It definitely show a good bit of wear but even after all that it still works fine. ![]() The camera shown here was used as a sports camera filming high school football games. Later models add the three lens turret, the ability to hand crank or add motor drive, speeds up to 64 frames a second, upgraded frame counter, additional longer film magazine. It has just a single lens limited framerate, I have one that goes from 8 to 16 frames and another that goes 12 to 24. The above camera is an ancient 70a model made in the 20’s. B&H made these cameras for more than 30 years and they make 5 or 6 different models. If you go wonder around ebay looking for these monsters you are going to find a blue million variations. Of course there are some things that are not so good: heavy enough to make a great boat anchor, no reflex viewfinder. The Filmo 70 is a great starter camera that has a lot going for it: sturdy, inexpensive, easy to understand, easy to use, readily available, cool retro look, good resale value. Has that ever happened to you? I mean there you are innocently browsing around and then Wham!, then a box shows up a couple of days later with something you hadn’t even been looking for. I was looking around on Ebay for Super8 film cameras and I ran across a B&H Filmo 70a in a box for a great price and I ended up winning the auction even though I really didn’t intend to. This is where I started on my 16mm adventure. ![]()
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