Re: [APML] RICOH, Kneck-burner

["J.E.P." <jp.jep@verizon.net>]

Hey George,
Ya i think all those guys on the ATM list think im insane,
(not that,, thats not true)with some of the stuff i come up with,
and its been slow getting awnsers from them on some of my questions
concerning
photograpy stuff, with my lenses,
i posted on my "cook triplet" and never got a peep outov them,
,
thanks for the info on tearing the camera apart first,
,
john pike,
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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 23:25:43 -0400
From: George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
Subject: Re: [APML] RICOH, Kneck-burner
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Hi John

Miss you from the ATM list.
You may want to do a web search for a manual (overhaul type) for the
camera. You will want to unscrew a lot of stuff from the top before you
start doing any machining on the camera body.
I just did a major butcher job on a very dead Pentax ME-Super to turn it
into a knife edge focuser. I also removed the pentaprism so that I could
add a magnifier loupe to view the screen. Once all the unrequired parts
are off (pentaprism, photocells, etc) a dremel does a nice job of
slicing off the cover bits that you don't want.
If you have a go at the entire camera body intact with your mill chances
are that you will end up with swarf in the shutter mechanism.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

John E. Pike,
Marysville WA.
Where raingear is mandatory,
and
 If it doesn't move it turns "green"
http://home1.gte.net/res0hnzl/index.html
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