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Re: [OM] OT: 1st look: Mamiya DSX 1000

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: 1st look: Mamiya DSX 1000
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:30:41 -0800
I seem to recall that the Mamiyas were kind of heavy, clunky things. My 'in case I need to use a screwmount something or other' camera is a Fujica ST605n, a relatively compact and nicely finished body. I bought a newly CLAed one for about what you paid for the Mamiya. It's no OM, but rather a nice camera - and nice and clean and the foam is good.

Of course, the lens I wanted to use on it won't fit, it projects too far back and hits the stop-down mechanism.

Moose

Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:

The popular M42-mount Mamiya/Sekor 1000DTL had a mercury battery but the later 
DSX1000 takes our old friend, the SR44.  Anyway, it
arrived today and after I cleaned it up, I discovered that the 55mm had a stuck aperture. 
 I put a small amount of "Goo Gone" (a
light solvent) on a Q-tip (cotton swab), and daubed it on the aperture pin, 
then started working the aperture pin.  Then daubed
again, worked the pin again.  And again...  I can't really claim it was cost 
effective but I got it working again.

I'm gonna use John's instructions to replace the foam when I get around to it.




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