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Chris
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 07:38 am: | 
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I just got a Flexaret TLR which desperately needs to have its mirror & inside of focussing screen cleaned.
Of course, there is no obvious way to reach those areas. Any suggestions before I start peeling off all the leatherette in sight?
Thanks!
Chris |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 05:01 pm: |
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Chris,
I believe the Flexaret is the same as any other TLR. Lift up the viewer and check around its perimeter, looking from the top of the camera. There should be four screws holding it down to the body.
To reach the mirror and the focusing screen you do not have to go in from the front, rather from the top.
Good luck,
Jan |
Chris
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 03:31 am: |
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Unfortunately, the Flexaret isn't like any other TLR...
For the record, this is how I finally acessed the focussing screen/mirror on the Meopta Flexaret:
I peeled back the leatherette on the top half of the front of the camera.
This exposed a number of screws.
Loosen the 4 upper RECESSED (i.e. in a hole) screws (loosen, don't totally remove - this will make it MUCH easier to rebuild).
You can now pull out the mirror/screen block.
The rest is self-evident.
Happy destructing!
Chris |
Andreas Berg
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 04:17 pm: |
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Thank you, Chris! This helped me a lot. A word of warning to others trying the same thing: The metal in the mirror block is verry soft. I stripped the threads for one of the screws while remounting. Some glue on the screw solved the problem.
Andreas Berg |
Daniel Zimmermann
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 10:48 am: |
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Does anyone know the sourch for a spare mirror?
The one on my Fle^xaret VII broke on shipping - too bad! |
Winfried
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 08:08 am: |
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There have been quite a few messages concerning mirror replacement. The easiest way is to buy an old Polaroid camera (with a bulged shape), cannibalize it and cut the mirror to shape. The viewing lens might need minor adjustment then. |
