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fish4570
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 Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: difficult to clean grunge from spotmatic viewfinder? |
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fish4570 wrote:
fresnel and mirror are clean; just a couple of flecks left in the housing somwhere between the eyepiece and fresnel. i can live with it, but ... 
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scsambrook
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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scsambrook wrote:
I'd live with them! They're almost certainly sitting on top of the focusing screen and can't be got at without dismantling the camera.
You'll probably find they'll move around as you carry and use the camera - they might even vanish altogether! But then, their cousins will probably move in to replace them  It's one of the joys of old slr ownership!
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Shiladitya
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Shiladitya wrote:
| scsambrook wrote: |
I'd live with them! They're almost certainly sitting on top of the focusing screen and can't be got at without dismantling the camera.
You'll probably find they'll move around as you carry and use the camera - they might even vanish altogether! But then, their cousins will probably move in to replace them It's one of the joys of old slr ownership! |
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fish4570
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:05 am Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
thanks, guys. they do, indeed, move around ...
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themoleman342
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:31 am Post subject: |
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themoleman342 wrote:
Well it depends on your previous experience(s) taking apart cameras. I'm now to the point where I won't even use a camera before completely taking it apart and making sure every seal is intact. But I have 30+ SLRs under my belt. The prism housing is relatively easy to disassemble unless it is heavily surrounded by electronics, which is not the case in earlier spotmatics.
So in short, if you haven't taken an old slr apart before, don't do it. If you have and the reassembly was successful, then it is a simple job.
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fish4570
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:21 am Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
not with my neuropathy am i taking this apart. i have enough trouble wielding a seven-inch screwdriver. ain't no way i'm taking tackling screws so tiny i could lose 'em in my hand. i did manage to shake the t trash away from the fresnel spot to the edge. that will do ... 
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eeyore_nl
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eeyore_nl wrote:
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| not with my neuropathy am i taking this apart. i have enough trouble wielding a seven-inch screwdriver. |
Ah, another muscle twitcher
Yes, I keep my hands away from fragile pieces as well Not a problem for me, I just wish I could do my own sensor cleaning, but my hands shake too much to do that safely.
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martinsmith99
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:52 am Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
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| fish4570 wrote: |
| not with my neuropathy am i taking this apart. i have enough trouble wielding a seven-inch screwdriver. |
Ah, another muscle twitcher
Yes, I keep my hands away from fragile pieces as well Not a problem for me, I just wish I could do my own sensor cleaning, but my hands shake too much to do that safely. |
It's quite simple. Remember that you are not cleaning the sensor, but the glass filter above it.
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eeyore_nl
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eeyore_nl wrote:
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It's quite simple. Remember that you are not cleaning the sensor, but the glass filter above it. |
I know, but it's less simple when you have problems with fine motor skills. Even cleaning the glass filter with a very shaky hand will probably result in a mess.
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
i feel your pain - i mean shake - eeyore. i can handle cameras with normal/short lens with the old elbow prop on the chest method. sharpness is lost with a telephoto because my storng (left) must support the lens.
the harder i concentrate on doing small/fine things, like mounting a scope on a rifle, the more my hands want to shake. it is an auto-immune condition called chronic inflammatory demyelating polyneuropathy. my own anti-bodies attack and destroy the covering of nerve ends, which means priodic misfires. gross motor skills are ok. i can still drive and push mop, etc., but i will not sew again, or build free-flight model airplanes, or do my own b&w printing, or enjoy handloading rifle cartridges. i think it might be possible to process my own film. we'll see ...,
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