lueej
fiat slug
Would anyone happen to know how I could clean the viewfinder/beamsplitter in the Lynx 5000? Or if anyone happens to know of a donor body... 
The shutter and aperture work fine, meter reads well with a battery, etc. just no bright spot or anything whatsoever in the viewfinder. Unless someone wants to take it off of my hands, I plan on fixing it, running a roll or two through, and deciding whether or not it's for me. I'm currently in love with my Oly SP and RC though.
here is a photo of the camera and one of the gunked up viewfinder.
The shutter and aperture work fine, meter reads well with a battery, etc. just no bright spot or anything whatsoever in the viewfinder. Unless someone wants to take it off of my hands, I plan on fixing it, running a roll or two through, and deciding whether or not it's for me. I'm currently in love with my Oly SP and RC though.
here is a photo of the camera and one of the gunked up viewfinder.
Frontman
Well-known
Cleaning is quite easy, but it looks as though the reflective coating on the beam splitter is bad. I sometimes have to replace the beam splitting mirror in cameras, I usually salvage mirrors from later Canonets, which are more resistant to deterioration, and cut them to size. I also have used mirrors from the Olympus OM40, which is semi-silvered in a gold tone. It works pretty well, but once again, it needs to cut to fit. I use a Dremel tool with a diamond wheel.
lueej
fiat slug
Thanks for the tip, I'll try to find one of the above thrifting or something!
Frontman
Well-known
If you are going to try to salvage a mirror from another rangefinder camera, like a Canonet, be careful not to break it when removing it from the rangefinder. The mirrors are glued into place. I soak the glue with paint thinner to make it soft, and rather than try to pull on the mirror to remove it, I break away the metal frame around the mirror with needle-nose pliers. The metal is cast aluminum, and is not strong.
