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Re: [OM] 4T Mirror Problem

Subject: Re: [OM] 4T Mirror Problem
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:34:00 -0600
At 09:33 PM 27/08/2001 -0700, Mike M. wrote:
>Looks like Garth and myself had a bad case of butter fingers.

I *resent* that.

I almost always use olive or canola oil.

[snip]

>The center square of the mirror assembly has separated from the larger frame
>part of the mirror. When put on B and shutter depressed with no lens on
>, the outside frame goes all the way up and stays but the center piece
>hangs down in front of the film plane at an angle. Anybody know if this
>is something I might try to repair or is it a job for a qualified repair
>man?

Oh, man, I wouldn't wanna try that.  I imagine the tolerances required to get 
the mirror aligned *just so* would be fairly rigorous.  Sounds like a job for 
John H. at Camtech or Clint at Photosphere.  Might as well get a CLA while 
you're at it, too.

Garth


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