> Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 7:35:41 PM, Bill wrote: > BO> Boy am I glad I got these yesterday! Had some minor outpatient surgery this > BO> morning and my left arm is in a splint that prevents me from using my 35's, > BO> but I can use the waist level finders on the TLR's. I think I'll be able to > BO> load the daylight tank and at least process B&W. Hopefully I can try out > BO> the 635 today and compare it to the 124G. Plans are to use one camera for > BO> color and the other for B&W. Looking forward to trying E100VS too. The > BO> 124G will accept 220, whereas the 635 is 120 only. > > Hi Bill, > I hope it isn't anything serious!
Not really. Had a squamous cell skin cancer removed and a skin graft from my leg. The arm is fine and the leg pain is easily managed. Thanks for the concern though. > Really try a 100VS or Velvia with it, the big size slide will blow > your head off :) I've got a roll ready to load with processing already paid for. Maybe tomorrow..... > BTW, the finder brightness can be often vastly improved by cleaning > the mirror and the focusing screen. The removal of finder assembly is > easy and without any focus issues, at least on my Y-D. The mirror is > often full of dust and deposit and can be CAREFULLY cleaned using a > technique I developed by trial and error - get handful of (clean) > cotton swabs on stick (for cleaning ears), get HOT water handy > (distilled!). Wet the swab with the water > thoroughly, and _lightly_ touch the mirror (lightly!), so a droplet > forms around the swab. apply NO PRESSURE at all! Then, swipe a part of > the mirror, guiding the droplet of water with the swab. Near edge of > mirror dry the droplet quickly using a dry cotton swab. Re-wet and use > clean swab as necessary. Why hot water? It makes for much stronger > together bonding droplets than cold water. Stronger bonding droplets? > You don't want any of the water to be left on the mirror, so you need > to move the droplet as a whole (its surface tension keeps it > together), and for some reason, this works much better with hot, about > 60 degree Celsius water (I didn't try higher). And of course > distilled! > Experiment on something less valuable if you like, but it's pretty > simple. I even cleaned a much dusty mirror of my K2DMD that way, > although I couldn't clean enough the foam deterioration deposits, the > accumulated dust which didn't go even when I blowed it off disappeared > using this method. My Yashica D's finder brightened by at least a > stop, that much dust was there! I defintely need to do this!!! I'll try it first on the 635 before tackling the 124G. Am I correct in assuming that access to the mirror and underside of the screen is via removing the 4 small screws that hold the focusing hood on? Thanks for the tip! Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
