Non Standard rePairS
MINOX 35
The following is a list of typical faults we see on the cameras, standard and non-standard
- Battery Check not working or partial working because of attempted repair which bends the part
- Shutter failure
- Aperture ring cannot move beyond F8
- Broken inner lugs caused by faulty repair
- Film drive stripped of sprockets caused by aggressive rewinding of film
- Film winder failed caused by film jam
- Film rewind crank snapped off caused by aggressive rewinding of film
- Meter inaccurate
- Lens focus jammed
- Wrong battery used
- Front door jammed, then forced, then snapped
- Wrong parts for camera added by previous repairer.
- Failure to replace part with correct part for camera - circuit board failure
- Frame counter not working
Special Repairs and Modifications
- Lens converted to Feet from metric scale or vice versa
- Update ISO sticker
Unrepairable or uneconomic to repair:
- Circuit board replacement
- Battery leakage
- Finish of GT-X camera
Most difficult to repair Minox 35 is the GL. Many unique parts and design changes to this camera
Servicing a Minox 8x11
Unusual 8x11mm repairs
- BL Meter refurbish
- VEF Minox Shutter replacement
- VEF Minox main spring replacement
- VEF Minox Shutter adjustment.
Unusual modifications and services to cameras
- Replace A Green/Orange filters with ND and filters
- Clean lens rear element
- Verify film lens in camera
- VEF verification (pre/post war assembly)