erikhaugsby
killer of threads
I bought an Oly XA off the forum a few months ago and never was able to see the RF patch against the normal viewfinder mask. Eventually getting tired of it, I sent the camera off into disuse.
I decided to take a whack at cleaning it today, so I took apart most of the camera (losing a few screws along the way), got to the VF/RF, put a nice cotton swab to it, and packaged the whole thing together again.
Good news: the RF is amazingly more crisp, though it is still dim (damn you, Leica quality) relative to some of my other cameras.
Bad news: I managed to render the shutter unuseable. It won't actuate, it won't wind, it won't do anything. nb: I put the batteries back in.
eh, it was $30 fairly well spent and an hour of camera fun.
I decided to take a whack at cleaning it today, so I took apart most of the camera (losing a few screws along the way), got to the VF/RF, put a nice cotton swab to it, and packaged the whole thing together again.
Good news: the RF is amazingly more crisp, though it is still dim (damn you, Leica quality) relative to some of my other cameras.
Bad news: I managed to render the shutter unuseable. It won't actuate, it won't wind, it won't do anything. nb: I put the batteries back in.
eh, it was $30 fairly well spent and an hour of camera fun.
mpt600
Established
Check out www.kyphoto.com/classics if you haven't already. Packed full of people who love tinkering and are happy to share their knowledge with amateur tinkerers such as myself!
Flyfisher Tom
Well-known
lol, I've been there Erik, my first and only surgical victim was a Canonet. No amount of intervention was able to revive the patient.
Never again, never again
Never again, never again
Kim Coxon
Moderator
Somebody once told me that the first camera you work on always ends up as a write off, My first was a Konica S2. Seems they were right. Welcome to the club.
Kim
Kim
Kim Coxon
Moderator
Oh I don't know - it gets better after 3 or 4.
Kim
Kim
Flyfisher Tom said:lol, I've been there Erik, my first and only surgical victim was a Canonet. No amount of intervention was able to revive the patient.
Never again, never again
Flyfisher Tom
Well-known
Kim,
It is fun having springs fly out at you
It is fun having springs fly out at you
Kim Coxon
Moderator
Even more fun trying to find them in the carpet. :bang:
Kim
Kim
Flyfisher Tom said:Kim,
It is fun having springs fly out at you