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Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 142
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 10:57 am: | 
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I may be buying an Olympus 35RD, but there is a problem. One spot of fungus between the elements. No easy way to remove the elements as far as I can see. UV? I have a dentist who might be willing to help, but I can't keep him tied up for..., how long? Anyone with a rough estimate as to how long the treatment might last? |
Dirbel
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Username: Dirbel
Post Number: 19
Registered: 04-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:17 pm: |
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I assume the fungus is between the lenses of the front cell.
The articles section has a description about the 35RD. Be careful, the front cell sits really tight.
The front cell can be separated when you unscrew the ring the holds the out er lens. You will a rubber cloth a some force to do this.
UV might stop fungus growth, but it won't remove what's already there. |
Elwrongo
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Username: Elwrongo
Post Number: 38
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 05:26 am: |
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If you have the opportunity to tie up a dentist I say do it - for as long as possible and and under any pretence. While you've got him there why not check his fillings with a nice cold metal probe.........
On the RD I've heard said you can remove fungus sometimes with cold cream. Never tried it myself as i couldn't find any cold cream anywhere. |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 125
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 08:23 am: |
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Forget about all this mumbo-jumbo, UV light definitely won't stop fungus.
I have tried out almost everything including that most infamous Pond's Cold Cream, and practically nothing happened except that the lens was full of nasty gease. Eucalyptus oil didn't help either, although I liked the smell of it.
Others may tell you now about how to apply voodoo magic, their last resort, and how it perhaps is going to do the trick, a waste of time from my perspective.
Only one thing is for sure, and that is strong ordinary household vinegar which sometimes is of some help, if it reaches the fungus colony eearly enough before the glass was etched by its metabolic debris, but even then only if applied to the glass surface. Dinking it has no effect on getting rid of lens fungus.
The archives will tell you the whole sad but perfectly entertaining story of the brave fungus removal crusaders' projects. |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 126
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 08:28 am: |
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r r : fill in those letters where missing
(I hate that bloody keybord) |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 143
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:49 am: |
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Perhaps I will shoot the b-thing to put it out of my misery! |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 147
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 04:51 am: |
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OK. Luck decreed that I pick up a 35RD at a boot sale this weekend. Lovely condition, apart from sticky shutter blades. Anyone with the experience of finding the best way into these cameras? |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 131
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 06:40 am: |
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Yes, look here, this was of great help when I had the same problem with my bunch of RDs. https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/oly35rdcleaning.html. That is all one needs to know, good luck when putting theory into practice, as one step is not easy, and that is reinstalling the aperture/shutter housing. |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 148
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 02:56 pm: |
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The 35RD problem got me to thinking. Is the forum, despite its advantages, also something of a double-edged sword? Before joining, I would dig into a camera, and work things out for myself. Ok, I had some failures, that now reside in pieces within my spares box. In the main however, I had more successes than failures. Now when I face a problem, I almost automatically go to the forum first. Why? It almost seems as if the forum itself has created in me a crisis of confidence! Has anyone else experienced this odd phenomenon? As for the RD. Fungus is gone, it is part reassembled, but a ball bearing has gone walk-about.That's another thing. Where do these damn bits go, even when one has been so careful about keeping them safe?
Am I paranoid, or is the entire world really against me? Answers on a postcard please. |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 132
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 02, 2009 - 08:05 am: |
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Here's my postcard: I can fully understand what you mean, as I have also felt a deep crack in my confidence when starting with someting I do not know what to expect after the second bend, like your losing that tiny steel ball. On the other hand, however, what about left-handed threads or other pitfalls? I am always glad when somebody else puts out a warning that reminds me of being a bit more careful instead of being so damn self-assured. |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 149
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 02, 2009 - 09:29 am: |
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Yes, that is the helpful side of the sword! As for the bb. I had checked the carpet, finding nothing. Meant to go over it with a magnet, but forgot to inform the other half not to vacuum it while I was out. Spent part of today going through the bag, including a ton of dog hair. It was more in hope than expectation, but suddenly there it was! Does someone upstairs love me after all? I like to think so. |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 148
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 02:14 am: |
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Doesn't that one test the one he loves? Going through the vacuum cleaners bag was probably that test ;-)
Kind of needle in a haystack experience.
But apart that me I'm the kind of person who tries to know things first with cameras so for me the sword is only one sided. |
Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 220
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 04:05 am: |
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My crisis of confidence happened when I realized I had three cameras in pieces and was abou to start on a fourth one. |
Elwrongo
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Username: Elwrongo
Post Number: 43
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 07:20 am: |
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Yes but don't it feel good when you win and get one working - got a totally jammed Olympus ED back from the dead this evening. Good fun. |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 150
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 10:19 am: |
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The 35RD in question is back in one piece,& fungus-less, to the charity shop I have a mutual back-scratching arrangement with. Did'nt buy it, since one came along that weekend at a boot sale. For different reasons I now have another one to strip. Let us now bow our heads for the Corfield Interplan that recently died on the operating table. |
