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Author Message   Movephotography Tinkerer Username: Movephotography Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 03:05 am:    A friend has given me a Beautycord TLR. From what I can gather online, it seems to be a cheap mid-'50s Japanese import. It looks like this: http://www.tlr-cameras.com/japanese/slides/Taiyodo%20Beautycord%20S%20variant.ht ml Anyhow, I'm interested in shooting with it, and it seems to be functioning perfectly except that one of the two front lens elements is missing. I can put the lens element in the viewing lens and focus accurately, but in order to get a properly focused photograph, I'd have to switch the lens element over to the taking lens after focusing and before activating the shutter. If I leave the element on the taking lens, I can't see anything at all through the viewing lens. I'm at something of a loss as to how I might go about replacing this tiny glass part. Is this something most camera shops or some particular online shop would happen to stock? Do I have to wait until a parts TLR goes up on eBay? Thank you very much for your help.