P3D Re: Realist lens cover removal

["KENNETH LUKER" <kluker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>Just remove the four black screws on the black plastic in between
> >>the lenses and viewfinder, and it will all fall apart, clips will
> >>fly off, etc. :-) Seriously it's not too hard after you remove
> >>those four screws.
> 
> Uh, are you sure about this? I have always removed the little spring clips
> and replaced them and the cover as needed. Doesn't removing the black
> plastic complicate things?
> 

The spring clips are very easily removed without having them fly off, 
but only if you remove the black plate by removing the four screws.  
Trying to take off the clips in any other way seems doomed to 
failure, without some specialized tool.  And there is a GREAT risk of 
chipping away the little ledge the clips are gripping, making either 
the cover itself or the black rectangle unable thereafter to hold 
clips at all.   

KL
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Kenneth Luker
Marriott Library Systems and Technical Services
KLUKER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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