[amberskies]

i reccently 'inherited' my uncle's old nikon 'nikomat' camera =D
its still in perfectly good working condition,
except on the inside of the lens there are these marks that look like dust or something.
i dont know if its condensation or dust, or if its just old.
because i did bring it on the plane from a country with an extremely different climate (bad idea?)

pictures of the lens:
pic 1
pic 2

i dont know what to do!
i haven't used it yet because i'm afraid the pictures wont turn out good because of the lens
is it possible to get it cleaned? or should i just leave it?


p.s what type of film should i use for this camera?

[Tepper]

Ya, you can get it cleaned easily, around here you can either take it into the chain stores like Wolf or Ritz camera or you can take it to the higher-end and private camera shops like Keeble and Shuchat or something but ya that's just local to here so go find a camera store that does repairs and have them take a look at it, they will most likely be able to clean it, if not I'm sure you can just grab any new F-mount lens and get it to work on that body.

Film-wise I have no idea, I'd just ask around at stores and see what would be best for shooting what you want to shoot. (action, stills, portraits, b&w/color)

[amberskies]

thanks! i think i'll go get it cleaned.
i kind of want to use all the old original parts =)
do you know roughly how much it costs to get it cleaned?

[Tepper]

thanks! i think i'll go get it cleaned.
i kind of want to use all the old original parts =)
do you know roughly how much it costs to get it cleaned?

sorry.. no idea.