On 2007-11-23 17:25:34 -0500, "AAvK" <Idondodat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
>> You've got me ready to send him my old Rolleicord. It works, but the
>> screen is dark and the shutter needs calibration.
>> --
>> Michael
>
> Yes, but that's about a $300 set of two jobs though. Do you think it's
> worth that much?
> Because you'd need a new 'Maxwell bright screen' installed which also
> entails readjusting
> the focusing mechanism (at cost), because the the new screen is
> thicker, it would have to
> be calibrated to "out further" from the film plane by the difference in
> thickness from your
> screen to the new one. It is an all inclusive job. Before I sent mine
> in, I did remove the
> whole finder and cleaned it all out myself, very carefully. You can do
> that too. And then,
> the shutter overhaul is it's own cost.
>
> I don't want to discourage you, but there are all these considerations,
> and there is about
> a 12 week turn around time before you get it back!
> Which model do you have, may I ask??????
I don't have the camera at hand right this minute. I researched it
about seven or eight years ago and learned it was from 1956. I don't
remember anything else about it.
--
Michael
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