Pincette For Focus Screen
Posted 23/06/2010 - 20:01
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I just used a pair of flat-jawed plastic tweezers, they grabbed the little tab well enough and didn't do any damage.
Matt
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Posted 23/06/2010 - 20:12
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If you are careful to grab just the tab, a pair of ordinary metal tweezers work fine.
Peter
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Posted 23/06/2010 - 20:39
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Gave my screen a clean the other day, for the first time. Just used some ordinary metal tweezers and a blower.
Because you don't use the tab optically, so long as you only grip the tab you can't do any harm.
Because you don't use the tab optically, so long as you only grip the tab you can't do any harm.
Bob
Posted 24/06/2010 - 16:17
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Thanks, now my next question is, in which direction do you pull this tab? Or what is the correct procedure for doing this, I don't really intent to remove the focusing screen, I just need to flip it down in order to give it a blow with my rocket blower to clear the small amount of dust I have on it.
Posted 24/06/2010 - 19:43
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Balders wrote:
I just need to flip it down in order to give it a blow with my rocket blower to clear the small amount of dust I have on it.
If you just flip it down and blow, you can send some of the dust up in the pentaprism/pentamirror. Once there, it is next to impossible to remove. You should remove the screen from the camera before you do the "blow job".
I just need to flip it down in order to give it a blow with my rocket blower to clear the small amount of dust I have on it.
Yves (another one of those crazy Canucks)
Posted 25/06/2010 - 05:34
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RR wrote:
If you are nervous about scratching the actual screen, then wrap some sticky plaster around the tweezer points.
what RR said If you are nervous about scratching the actual screen, then wrap some sticky plaster around the tweezer points.
Pete
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Posted 25/06/2010 - 10:54
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Or, if you have read my thread OMG - they hit the floor, you will see another method that not only removes the screen but the dust as well not recommended but effective.
Jackie H
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
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Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
Posted 25/06/2010 - 17:33
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Thordell wrote:
Or, if you have read my thread OMG - they hit the floor, you will see another method that not only removes the screen but the dust as well not recommended but effective.
Thanks for that!! And no that isn't the way I would want to do it!Or, if you have read my thread OMG - they hit the floor, you will see another method that not only removes the screen but the dust as well not recommended but effective.
What I'm really enquiring about is how you release the latch, where exactly do you clasp the latch and in which direction do you pull it to release it?
Posted 25/06/2010 - 19:39
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In the middle and down, well that is what I did and I expect to be told now that was not the way. Mind you it may change from body to body, the one I operated on was the K20
Jackie H
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
Posted 25/06/2010 - 22:04
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Thanks Thordell, I have the K-x, so hopefully it's the same procedure.
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But there are out of stock and it's the USA site, I have not found any on the English pentax site.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.