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Subject: [OM] Re: Newly acquired Olympus rangefinder/P&S
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:11:14 -0500
Excellent job!

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John Hermanson
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Martin Walters wrote:
> Wayne, Chuck, John:
> Well, I took Chuck's advice and tried a rubber foot from a stool. It 
> worked, so off came the front element, which had the haze. After some 
> gentle cleaning, it's gone - or I rubbed everything off the lens!!!
> 
> Longest/most tedious time was getting all the streaks off the lens. It's 
> back together and I have some film loaded to see what the shutter is doing.
> 
> Showing my ignorance here, what I thought were the aperture blades with 
>   perhaps a trace of oil or something on them, were, in fact, the 
> shutter blades. You do have to look carefully to see the aperture 
> blades. It's interesting to see that the shutter is in the "middle" of 
> the lens.
> Dug out my father's old Retinette, which is of similar vintage: same 
> arrangement. One learns something new every day.
> 
> Thanks to all for comments and suggestions.
> 
> Martin
> 
> Wayne Culberson wrote:
> 


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