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     Stuart Willis Rating: N/A |
Whilst not relevant to the original posting, the following may be of interest to "would-be" tinkerers of the Vito II. Servicing of the shutter (ie: access to it) may be impossible. The first move is to remove the black lens cone. This is in fact of very thin brass and of dissimilar metal to its housing. Thus on a 40/50 year old Vito there is always galvanic corrosion and even the drilling of diametrically opposed holes and resort to a special pin-tool, has failed to shift that lens cone on any of the Vito II's which I have sought to service. They have each been virtually welded in situ and unshiftable. It is possible to remove the cone by destroying it - but that does nothing for the collectability of the camera sample. Incidentally the cone doesn't screw in or out of position. If you look carefully you will see that the housing groove rings are single grooves rather than a spiral thread. At the factory the lens cone was simply snapped in. Hope this helps somebody Best all Stuart Willis [email protected] |