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Puderse
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Username: Puderse
Post Number: 28
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 07:19 am: | 
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I have an otherwise nice meterless Pentax and removal of the top seems simple. Am I better off to leave the dent in a flat part of the pentaprism area or try to pen it out? This would be my first try at this and the repair might be more obvious than the dent! |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 99
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 11:39 am: |
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I have removed such dents. You need something really flat to rest it on. I use a section of veneered chipboard. Some dents can be 'mostly' pressed out. Do not hit the dent directly! I use a small hammer to TAP another with bevelled edges. With care, many dents disappear almost entirely |
Marty
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Username: Marty
Post Number: 22
Registered: 11-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 05:59 pm: |
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I'd also be very careful not to tap too hard or too much... The metal can expand slightly, and pretty soon you have a sort of wavy bulge. Take it very slowly... you can always tap more, but you can't back up and tap less. (I have to admit I haven't done this with a camera, but also collect old flashlights.)
Marty |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 141
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 04:00 pm: |
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Leave the dent. It gives it character. It has that "old pro" look. |
