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yokohama · 16-06-20, 08:03 PM

That's a good find on the resilvering company and recoating prisms. The XE is a camera well worth bringing back to life.

Kenzie · 16-06-20, 08:24 PM

Just waiting to hear back. Talking about XE1s, 174315509287

Kenzie · 17-06-20, 10:54 AM

Been speaking to the optic company, they can do prisms but the stripping solution may affect the other surfaces so it may have to have the sides done too. Got to send the prisms to them for a quote. I'll pull both XE-1s apart tomorrow and get them sent off.

Kenzie · 17-06-20, 04:17 PM

I have stripped out the prisms and they are on their way to the Orion Optics for a quote. Fingers crossed! I made a start on stripping down the TZ7, thankfully they are not hard to work on and I got the lens unit seperated in about ten minutes. This is where I am at right now, will do more tomorrow.

Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOCL6JBolM

The roughly triangular bit of the back with the striaght ribbon cable is the sensor. I would simply undo the three screws and lift it off for cleaning.

Kenzie · 18-06-20, 05:50 PM

No joy with the TZ, the fungus is between the elements and its sealed. Ah well, only cure is a new lens unit really. The SRT arrived today, completely jammed and the mirror was hanging. After a bit of tinkering and some lubrication it seems to be fine, just need to sort a wind lever for it ( I nicked one off my other SRT)

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Kenzie · 18-06-20, 08:05 PM

Not sure if any of you lot have Amazon Prime, but Finding Vivian Maier is free at the moment.

yokohama · 19-06-20, 10:48 AM

One of my SRTs had a similar wind on problem with mirror lock up. Lubricating the mechanism and cogs under the bottom plate seems to fix it. Are you still looking for a winder?
Did you give the super TL a try? I had one but figured out I'd never get round to using it so sold it on.

Kenzie · 19-06-20, 10:52 AM

Yeah, still looking for a wind lever, I've seen a junk SRT on the bay but not pulled the trigger yet. Not loaded the Praktica yet, got so much in the queue to run through first. Hoping to hear from the Optics company soon about the prisms, hope they arrive ok. I picked this 392841809515 up as a project, fancied another Pentax screw body, S1a, apart from that it has a palindromic serial number. I'm sad like that.

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Kenzie · 23-06-20, 09:14 AM

Really deep into this Pentax S1a, bought as jammed. Managed to make some progree but it jammed again.

Kenzie · 25-06-20, 08:54 AM

Not good news Yoko, Olympus are selling off their camera division. Blaming surge in smartphone sales. https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/ol...and-zuiko-fans

16-06-20, 08:03 PM	#7151
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 283	Re: Vintage film cameras That's a good find on the resilvering company and recoating prisms. The XE is a camera well worth bringing back to life.

16-06-20, 08:24 PM	#7152
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Just waiting to hear back. Talking about XE1s, 174315509287 __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

17-06-20, 10:54 AM	#7153
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Been speaking to the optic company, they can do prisms but the stripping solution may affect the other surfaces so it may have to have the sides done too. Got to send the prisms to them for a quote. I'll pull both XE-1s apart tomorrow and get them sent off. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

17-06-20, 04:17 PM	#7154
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras I have stripped out the prisms and they are on their way to the Orion Optics for a quote. Fingers crossed! I made a start on stripping down the TZ7, thankfully they are not hard to work on and I got the lens unit seperated in about ten minutes. This is where I am at right now, will do more tomorrow. Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOCL6JBolM The roughly triangular bit of the back with the striaght ribbon cable is the sensor. I would simply undo the three screws and lift it off for cleaning. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

18-06-20, 05:50 PM	#7155
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras No joy with the TZ, the fungus is between the elements and its sealed. Ah well, only cure is a new lens unit really. The SRT arrived today, completely jammed and the mirror was hanging. After a bit of tinkering and some lubrication it seems to be fine, just need to sort a wind lever for it ( I nicked one off my other SRT) Sent from my Xperia using Tapatalk __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/ Last edited by Kenzie; 23-06-20 at 09:20 AM.

18-06-20, 08:05 PM	#7156
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Not sure if any of you lot have Amazon Prime, but Finding Vivian Maier is free at the moment. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

19-06-20, 10:48 AM	#7157
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 283	Re: Vintage film cameras One of my SRTs had a similar wind on problem with mirror lock up. Lubricating the mechanism and cogs under the bottom plate seems to fix it. Are you still looking for a winder? Did you give the super TL a try? I had one but figured out I'd never get round to using it so sold it on.

19-06-20, 10:52 AM	#7158
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Yeah, still looking for a wind lever, I've seen a junk SRT on the bay but not pulled the trigger yet. Not loaded the Praktica yet, got so much in the queue to run through first. Hoping to hear from the Optics company soon about the prisms, hope they arrive ok. I picked this 392841809515 up as a project, fancied another Pentax screw body, S1a, apart from that it has a palindromic serial number. I'm sad like that. Sent from my Xperia using Tapatalk __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/ Last edited by Kenzie; 19-06-20 at 01:55 PM.

23-06-20, 09:14 AM	#7159
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Really deep into this Pentax S1a, bought as jammed. Managed to make some progree but it jammed again. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/ Last edited by Kenzie; 23-06-20 at 10:05 AM.

25-06-20, 08:54 AM	#7160
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Not good news Yoko, Olympus are selling off their camera division. Blaming surge in smartphone sales. https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/ol...and-zuiko-fans __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

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