Liquid is now between the eyepiece glass and pentaprism. At its closest
point there is only a space of about 1mm between the two. Cleaning requires
a lot of disassembly, not recommended for the do-it-yourselfer.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Lum <jtlum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Attempt to clean inside of viewfinder on OM-1;2
> Hi Persons that responded to my inquiry
>
> Unfortunately I should have been more specific where I want to clean. As I
> was cleaning my viewfinder eyepiece with a swab and lensefluid, some of
the
> fluid got inside of my viewfinder eyepiece inner suface and dried as a
> streak... oops!! Now my question is how do you clean that surface? My
> thinking is I first need to remove the top plate of the camera. Should I
not
> even attempt it. Now everbody knows the ugly truth... yes I wont do that
> again!!
>
> John
>
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