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Dsides
Tinkerer
Username: Dsides
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 02:27 pm: | 
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I just acquired a Minolta SRT 202 but it had something in the viewfinder. After disassembling it (can't afford to take it anywhere), I found that the viewfinder has glue or something between the glass (plastic?) pieces that make it up. The local camera shop will sell me a 'parts camera' for $20, but I can't afford that. Does anyone have a viewfinder for sale or know where I can get one for like $5?
Thanks!
Dave |
Gez
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Username: Gez
Post Number: 70
Registered: 09-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 03:03 pm: |
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A parts camera for $20 is a good deal! There is a cheap solution to your viewfinder problem if you don't mind using a strong chemical solvent and buying some glass cement. The total cost will probably be at least $5. |
Dsides
Tinkerer
Username: Dsides
Post Number: 3
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 03:40 pm: |
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...a cheap solution? I'm listening.... Does this involve breaking apart the viewfinder? |
Gez
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Username: Gez
Post Number: 71
Registered: 09-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 04:16 pm: |
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The 'cheap' solution has a chance of working only if the viewfinder frame is made of metal.On some models the frame was plastic. |
Dsides
Tinkerer
Username: Dsides
Post Number: 4
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 04:21 pm: |
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Mine is plastic... [sigh] Maybe I can put the parts camera on layaway...
Thanks! |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 868
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 08:48 pm: |
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keep hunting... i found a good working SRT for $15 at an antique shop, you never know what might turn up.. |
Bossman
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Username: Bossman
Post Number: 47
Registered: 02-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 10:44 pm: |
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I've probably repaired over 1000 SRT's and have never seen vf lenses cemented together!! Tell me more because I think you are mistaken. |
Dsides
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Username: Dsides
Post Number: 5
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 05:18 am: |
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The guy at the camera shop said he thinks it is the original factory glue, and that it has "failed" over the years. There is a distinct smear as if it were wiped by a fingertip. Front and back are clean, the material is in between. |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 65
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 07:17 am: |
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We are talking about the eyepiece, right? There is definitely no "factory glue" there. Or is your problem deeper inside the two-element plastic Fresnel lens, that is the one that creates the picture you see when looking through the eyepiece?
The "viewfinder" is not so easy to describe in an SLR, I guess. |
Bossman
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Username: Bossman
Post Number: 51
Registered: 02-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 07:35 pm: |
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NOW I know what you are talking about!! I'll sell you a VF lens for 5.00 and a couple bucks postage!! I thought you were talking about the lens and screen UNDER the prism!! Art www.flcamerarepair.com |
Bossman
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Username: Bossman
Post Number: 52
Registered: 02-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 07:40 pm: |
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NOW I know what you are talking about!! I'll sell you a VF lens for 5.00 and a couple bucks postage!! I thought you were talking about the lens and screen UNDER the prism!! Art www.flcamerarepair.com |
Dsides
Tinkerer
Username: Dsides
Post Number: 8
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 01, 2009 - 03:40 pm: |
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I tried to take apart the old viewfinder after replacing it, and broke it. The piece closest to your eye is plastic and very thin. The actual lens is glass, and glued to the plastic piece before being glued into the (plastic) frame. |
