Creative counter correction

I have a camera that has somehow lost the magnifying glass over the film counter dial. It was missing when I bought it.

I've been pondering possible pathways.

One, of course, is to leave it as it is. Another is to put a small piece of clear tape over it.

Any better ideas -- WITHOUT taking the camera apart?

xkaes said:

Any better ideas -- WITHOUT taking the camera apart?

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Carry a strong pair of readers as well as taping over the opening?

A used hard contact lens?

You can try punching a disk out of clear material, like the stuff used in packaging all the time. A standard hole punch happens to fit Autocord and Rollei counter windows, for example. Maybe if you hammer the punch over a soft material like a heavy mat it will take on a lens shape? White glue, Elmers, applied with a toothpick around the rim of the opening in a very small bead will not fog the material like aa super glue would do.

These windows pretty much always are inserted from the inside, by the way. The original magnifier might be inside the top?

Dan Daniel said:

These windows pretty much always are inserted from the inside, by the way. The original magnifier might be inside the top?

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The windows does not appear to have fallen into the camera. That's the good news, but a plain, piece of clear plastic -- cut to size -- GLUED ON -- is on the top of pile of ideas.

as long is the lens is not inside and waiting to lodge itself into a critical area. Like the meter needle.

A watch repairer may be able to supply a watch ‘glass’ (usually plastic) with date-magnifying bubble. Cutting that down to size should be fairly simple.

snusmumriken said:

A watch repairer may be able to supply a watch ‘glass’ (usually plastic) with date-magnifying bubble. Cutting that down to size should be fairly simple.

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Good idea. A quick search brings up this stand alone magnifier-

Thanks.