David Lyga
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I have a Minolta SR-T that at one time must have been stored in a very humid environment because the mirror has a permanent and pervasive, rather thick haze. Of course, I tried to clean it but the haze is ingrained. I even tried Naval Jelly and Numisol but nothing works.
What surprises me (and founds the purpose of this post) is the amazing fact that when looking through the viewfinder with a normal lens, the viewing image looks neither less contrasty nor less sharp than the viewfinder of a different SR-T with an intact mirror. Why is this? There is no physical damage to the mirror but the presence of the rather thick haze does annoy me.
This is a 'later' edition of the SR-T and, unlike the first ones, there are no screws clamping down that mirror making a changeover rather easy, Instead, it is firmly glued down and I do not wish to take a chance of cracking it in my efforts to change it. But ... so what? Again, the viewfinder image is really indistinguishable from one using a 'good' mirror.
Thoughts? - David Lyga
What surprises me (and founds the purpose of this post) is the amazing fact that when looking through the viewfinder with a normal lens, the viewing image looks neither less contrasty nor less sharp than the viewfinder of a different SR-T with an intact mirror. Why is this? There is no physical damage to the mirror but the presence of the rather thick haze does annoy me.
This is a 'later' edition of the SR-T and, unlike the first ones, there are no screws clamping down that mirror making a changeover rather easy, Instead, it is firmly glued down and I do not wish to take a chance of cracking it in my efforts to change it. But ... so what? Again, the viewfinder image is really indistinguishable from one using a 'good' mirror.
Thoughts? - David Lyga
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