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Robert Battistella
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:18 am: | 
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Hello,
My Praktica MTL3 has a stain which I beleive is on the prism. It appears as two vertical lines center/bottom in the viewer. I have no idea what it is or how it got there, but I would really appreciate any advice as to how I could remove it.
Thanks,
Robert |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:38 am: |
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This sounds like the silver is deteriorating on the prism surface. There have been some discussions of the task of resilvering a prism, but I've never done it. |
Robert Battistella
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:24 am: |
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Thanks,
Sounds like it might be more serious than I had thought. But I'm wondering, how will this affect the photos? And, is there any way to wipe off the prism?
The camera was sitting in my closet for about 8 months, and when I recently pulled it out, the marks were present. |
Peter Stind Rosendahl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 08:11 am: |
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Hi Robert!
The stains could be on the focusing screen. But whether on the prism or screen they will have no effect on your photos. |
Tom
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 02:02 pm: |
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Are you sure that what you are seeing is not bits of deteriating mirror damper rubber that has stuck to the mirror ? |
Robert Battistella
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:16 am: |
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Thanks for all the conjectures! I think it could be one of any number of things.
But since the camera also had a problem with the take up spool, I left it at the repair shop to get a professional estimate.
The camera isn't worth a great deal to begin with, but I'll let you know if I find out for sure about the stain.
many thanks
RB |
