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Maizenberg's '...design and repair of Russian cameras'
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2011 9:39 pm    Post subject: Maizenberg's '...design and repair of Russian cameras' Reply with quote

I've been looking for an English copy of this book on and off for a couple of years, ever since I lost an ebay auction for one. Here it is at last, the full pdf of the Russian cameras repair bible. The link was posted on a flickr group recently

Issak S. Maizenberg
"All you need to know about the design and repair of Russian cameras"
http://cccp.alien-planet.net/maizenberg-cameras1.pdf


PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent find ! Thanks!


PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you!


PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just found this excellent book online, quite by accident. If you google the title this link does not come up -

http://cccp.alien-planet.net/maizenberg-cameras1.pdf

I've posted it again in case the url has changed. The book seems hard to find, so I would say that anyone with a Russian camera should download this.


PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great find!


PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All I'm getting is a pdf with the title page and a load of blank pages after it.


PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Farside wrote:
All I'm getting is a pdf with the title page and a load of blank pages after it.

It works OK for me. The file is 18.3 MB, so I recommend you to wait it out.
Depending on your browser/OS, have you tried right-click/Save Link As?


PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Farside wrote:
All I'm getting is a pdf with the title page and a load of blank pages after it.


It's a big file, the book is about 300 pages. If you've got a Russian camera it's worth the wait to download. My download speed has been as slow as 0.05 mb/s recently, so it took me about 5 minutes to download. Evil or Very Mad


PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot for the book. I do have a real book but sadly it is in Russian. This is a huge help for me. Thanks again Smile


PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Slightly off topic, but 'wayback machine' still has the excellent Psychotic Studios tutorial on cleaning and adjusting the Helios lenses. I looked for it a short while ago through my bookmark link and the original site no longer has this information, but it is here -

http://web.archive.org/web/20100713213159/http://psychoticstudios.net/blog/archives/140

It's a very good guide that deserves to be preserved.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lloydy wrote:
Farside wrote:
All I'm getting is a pdf with the title page and a load of blank pages after it.


It's a big file, the book is about 300 pages. If you've got a Russian camera it's worth the wait to download. My download speed has been as slow as 0.05 mb/s recently, so it took me about 5 minutes to download. Evil or Very Mad

I downloaded it again, but when it opens it's just blank pages.
Sometime I'll possibly install Adobe Acrobat pdf reader, which I've avoided since version 3 or 4 and see if that opens it.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Farside,

If ye use Firefox, then download "Foxit Reader" from Addons. It's a great PDF reader and uses a tiny resource...and it works!

Cool


PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's Foxit that I'm using - this is the first time it's failed.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry for reviving what is essentially a dead thread.
I'm wondering if anyone still has a copy of the PDF file?

I just ordered a Fed-5B and I feel having the book would definitely add a layer of security in case I get one that goes haywire after a few rolls through it...

Thanks


PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the links have gone, I guess they have fallen foul of copyright. I lost my copy when I crashed my computer a few weeks ago and have searched hard to find a download, with no success. So, if someone does have a copy that they might let us look at, it would be much appreciated. Wink


PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fill yer boots... Wink


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31085243/maizenberg-cameras1.pdf


PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that your help would be most appreciated by many, many enthusiasts.

I have an original, printed copy of the english edition of the Majzenberg, bought at a bookstore's stand at n antique show, in 1997.

I've seen that the online-copies in .pdf have been removed from websites on request of the late Isaac Majzenberg's heirs. I think that if they would release a new edition (paper or CD) it would still be a success.

Let's hope that your link would last for a while!...

Best wishes,

E.L.


PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Elmar Lang wrote:
I think that your help would be most appreciated by many, many enthusiasts.


I belief so too, I am grateful!