I can't resist picking these up for $2 at re-sale stores - no $8 shipping! 1) WIth a little force, the door will pop off the hinge pins. 2) The film pack guide at left (from rear) will come out with a little torque toward the top or bottom - it's just forced in. 3) Pull out the battery holder as far as it comfortably goes. Now's a good time to make note of where the + from one battery contacts and where - from the second battery goes. 4) Take the three screws out of the battery contacts. 5) Somehow cut the 1 and 3 plastic melt-mounts that were oozed thru the battery contacts to hold them there. I carefully used a flat-bladeXacto or equivalent razor knife. Remove the battery holder & three contacts. 6) The lens & camera front will now easily come right off the front of the camera. Immediately behind it, the shutter assembly plate easily lifts out too.
At this point, you could recycle or re-assemble what you want. The electronic shutter has the usual photocell and variable ND filter to adjust light intensity to the photocell. (Maybe it's CdS). The 2(?) element lens throws a decent size image. Somehow mine had a nice scrape on the back element between the shutter and the rear element. That must have taken some ingenuity by the previous owner. There appears to be a film pack interlock (contact switch to detect film pack presed into place). More when I find out if my shutter still works. I'm going to try acrylic polish (already have some) to see if I can get rid of some of the scrape...nothing to lose but time...(no, I'm not in a cell waiting for parole!). Shutter opening is roughly 1/2" x 5/8". Murray _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rosebud.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
