Recollimating Olympus Trip 35

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Just finished rebuilding the lens unit of a Trip 35 with bad selenium cell. However I have stupidly forgotten to mark the position of the front element before I took it apart. So I will have to recollimate at the film plane.

The problem start when I realise there isn;t a B mode on the Trip, and I dont; seem to find a way to keep the shutter open long enough for me to adjust focus to infinity.

Do anyone know of a way to keep the shutter open without too much disassembly?

Thanks in advance.
 
Do anyone know of a way to keep the shutter open without too much disassembly?
I think i can help, but the means by which you can do this are a bit dangerous, and would likely make every repair tech on the planet shudder with fear. I guess what i'm saying is, proceed with great caution.

--First, cut a small rectangle of stiff (non-corrugated) cardboard (or thin plastic with dulled edges) that is slightly smaller than the shutter blades (for extra credit, bevel one end slightly so that you can perform the last step a bit easier).

--Next, set the aperture ring on your Trip to one of the non-auto settings (doesn't matter which - you're looking to be able to fire the shutter over an over).

--Then, with a pair of tweezers, carefully insert and support (but don't hold tight) the piece of cardboard into the rear of the camera and rest it on the blades, vertically & perpendicular to the blades.

--Now, fire the shutter, which will (eventually) allow the cardboard to drop in & hold the blades open so that you can check the focus with ground glass (or a piece of translucent plastic, etc.). When your focus is set properly, carefully, and i mean very carefully remove the cardboard.

This is the method that i used to reset focus on my Pen EES-2, which i'm thinking should be exactly the same on your Trip.

Hope this helps!

--c--
 
That really sounded scary. I did found a way in the end. I notice the axis of the brass gear under frame counter spin when the shutter is triggered. What I did was to jam some paper between the axis and the frame counter and that's enought friction to jam the shutter open.
 
Have you visited the Trip 35 group on Flickr? I'm sure they'd be interested to know how it's done, as the lack of a Bulb setting is a pain!

Adrian
 
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