Yashica GSN Mods, finder NOT good enough.

[Field]

No that is a great idea!

 

[b1bmsgt]

Just FYI...

I have cleaned literally hundreds of Electro rangefinders with a Q-Tip and a 50/50 solution of peroxide and ammonia. I have never had a problem with the beamsplitter coating coming off. Of course, be gentle with it, but I have yet to destroy one.

I tried the same thing with a Canonette QL17 GIII, and it came off with one pass... :bang:

Russ

 

[Paolo Bonello]

Here's another idea, buy some mirror like stickers like the ones for kids and rather than put a dirty looking black dot on your viewfinder put a small diamond of mirror sticker. you'd hardly see that from the outside.

 

[Chinasaur]

... a 50/50 solution of peroxide and ammonia...

Russ

Sounds like a recipe for Hydrazine or SR-71 fuel 🙂 Like DSII and Super Tropical Bleach 😉

 

[Chinasaur]

To the Yashica SME's out there...

If I took some rubber lens hood material..say about 2-4mm...and glued it around the eyepieces of my GX and CC...

Would it block the light like I want it to? Or just make a mess and fall off and not work?

 

[Field]

I have not come up with a good idea yet for that. I have some ideas, but will get back to you. I think mounting might go well by using thin metal to insert behind the black plastic, then solder a ring to connect them... but what you attach to that I have not yet determined. I suppose you could use non-hardening clay to seal it.

 

[Frontman]

You could always use an accessory finder and simply scale-focus your camera. I have an old Leica VIHOO finder that I use on my Barnack-type cameras (which have very squinty viewfinders) it works quite well.