I disassembled my first camera today...

[erikhaugsby]

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.

 

[mpt600]

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]

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 😉

 

[Kim Coxon]

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 Coxon]

Oh I don't know - it gets better after 3 or 4. 😀 😀

Kim

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]

Kim,

It is fun having springs fly out at you 😉

 

[Kim Coxon]

Even more fun trying to find them in the carpet. :bang:

Kim

Kim,

It is fun having springs fly out at you 😉