R&R PHOTO

	A young student taking one of my class's inherited this camera from her Grandfather. At first glance it just needed a little TLC. After looking at it more carefully I noticed that the shutter was sticking and the interior Foam (light seals) had turned to gooo. This was also the problem with the shutter not working all the time the mirror would stick and not return to the down position.
This style of camera without a meter is easily opened up. After removing the lens remove the four screws.
	Remove the two screws to get to the mirror stopper.
Some of the old foam and glue can be seen on the mirror stopper. Clean with alcohol and Q-tips
	Another view
A few thin strips of "Foamies" see Replacing Light Seals\replacing_light_seals.htm I just eye ball the correct size and cut to fit beveling the corners at 45 degrees. Than use the tweezers to insert and push down the strips.
The Yellow area is to give you an ideal of what was replaced.
	The foam light seal in the back was also gooo. After removing the old stuff stripes of "Foamies" was installed.
Finished
	The Yellow area is to give you an ideal of what was replaced.
Part of the leatherette was coming up. I pried up more until the bond was good. Clean under and the leatherette before gluing.
	I have read many different ways of gluing or cementing the leather down. First do not use a permanent glue ...Barge, Epoxy or Super Glue the leather sometimes will need to be removed to get to screws underneath. I have used Polybond but  prefer wood carpenters glue even a white or Elmer's glue. It's water soluble, no fumes and is easy to clean up any over spills. Just peel back the leather I use tooth picks to apply the glue than use clamps or rubber bands to hold in place till dry. This one you can see a Q-tip stick helping apply presure to the edge.
The finished Camera and a few "Thank You's" and the young lady was shooting with her Grandfathers Vintage camera.

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