KMZ 35mm ext. finder disassembly

[Philipp]

I finally got my KMZ 35mm viewfinder from the bay today. But it was full of brownish dust on the inside, and the mask on the front was so crooked, I wonder how the former owner could use it. I decided to open and fix it. I took some photos of this process (as easy as it was), perhaps you are interested what a FSU external viewfinder looks from the inside. If not, this is going to be boring 😀

First you can see the five parts the viewfinder consists of. There was a lot of old glue, the origin of all the brown dust.

 

[Philipp]

I cleaned the two lenses and the body. Then reassembled the whole thing.

 

[Philipp]

And now it sits proudly on my Zorki 1! There you go. Hope you find this interesting. There is also a photo I took recently with this combo.

Have a nice day, I truly enjoy this forum!
Philipp