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Lucadomi
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Username: Lucadomi
Post Number: 10
Registered: 10-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 01:08 pm: | 
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I recentky got an Olumpus XA that needs to be cleaned. The viewfinder is very dirty.Does anybody have a good step by step on how to remove the top, clean the viewfinder and put it back without damaging the camera?
Thanks for the help. |
Finnegan
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Username: Finnegan
Post Number: 76
Registered: 09-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 05:25 pm: |
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https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/repairmanuals.html |
Lucadomi
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Username: Lucadomi
Post Number: 11
Registered: 10-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 09:05 pm: |
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Thanks for the great link Finnegan, a lot of precious information.I'll study the manual. It is a little advanced for me, but I should find what I need for my task.
Thanks again. |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 252
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 05, 2011 - 04:00 am: |
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Hi Lucadomi,
here's an illustrated and commented how-to. Removing the top is quite straight forward.
In quick words: Remove the bottom, remove the slider (carefully not to lose the metal cylinder for the click stop)pry loose the shutter release button unscrew the top (there are two screws under the rewind crank)
It's all in the pictures and the comments below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ludoo/sets/72157616771172392/with/3442033481/
Hope it helps.
Regards
Martin |
Lucadomi
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Username: Lucadomi
Post Number: 13
Registered: 10-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 05, 2011 - 06:10 pm: |
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That's great Martin
It was really too complicated to figure it out from the repair manual only.
That's really a very good step by step. Now I think I can try to clean the viewfinder properly.
Thanks a lot. |
Mareklew
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Username: Mareklew
Post Number: 228
Registered: 03-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 10:53 am: |
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watch it, the half-silvered mirror that makes the double-image happen does not like to be wiped with anything harder than a sunshine ray...! |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 253
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 08, 2011 - 03:13 am: |
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Hi Lucadomi,
glad I was of help finding the link. The actual how-to is of course by somebody else.
Also mind Mareks comment. He is a true expert on the XA - and many, many other cameras.
Rgds
Martin |
