Matt, Please remind me exactly which lens and shutter you have.
Gene Matt Mengel wrote: > > I decided to flush the shutter on my Tourist and > quickly realized I'm in over my head. The shutter came > off very conveniently with a nice little bayonet > connection. I tried some denatured alcohol from a > syringe to flush it. Now the shutter works great. All > the lens elements are completely wet as are the > shutter blades. There is a nut on the back with one > spanner slot and I cant seem to get it loose. It's not > left handed. Nothing like learning the hard way. Any > advice on what to do next would be greatly > appreciated. > > Matt Mengel > > --- Marv Soloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ran the first roll of film through the converted > > Tourist yesterday. > > > > Some observations: > > > > 1. Feed end upper (adjustible) locating pin has a > > small rectangular > > crosspiece that lightly snags the film spool > > crossslot. A small thin > > washer epoxied over this piece will solve the > > problem. > > > > 2. Tripping the shutter without using the shutter > > linkage on the camera > > bed is a PITA. I'll work up a way to use the > > existing shutter trip with > > the new lens/shutter and post it. > > > > 3. In spite of reasonable care in masking the camera > > body whilst doing > > the Dremel surgery, some of the swarf ended up in > > the viewfinder. I > > finally figured out how to get into the viewfinder > > and cleaned it. If > > anyone else winds up with this problem, email me and > > I'll tell you how > > to do it without removing the top plate. > > > > 4. All in all, a satifying weekend project and a > > very usable camera. > > > > Regards, > > > > Marv > > _______________________________________________ > > Cameramakers mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
