[photo-3d] Nimslo Flash Problem

[Steve Berezin <sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Starkman of Reel 3d asked me to forward a solution to this
problem.

Robert Thorpe wrote:

 > One of my Nimslos is having a little problem with the flash.
 > It's easy to see what the problem is. The hot shoe has become
 > loose and unless one presses down on the flash while taking
 > the picture, the natural leverage of the flash wanting to
 > flop one direction or another pulls the contacts away from
 > the connector on the camera. There are no mounting screws for
 > the shoe, it must be mounted from the bottom somehow. A little
 > dab of epoxy looks like it would do the trick, but I am
 > reluctant to take this permanent a solution if there is another
 > more common way to tighten things up. Has anyone else run into
 > this problem? Suggestions?


David Starkman wrote:

The book does have the exploded diagrams of the
camera repair manual, which could be of help.

The problem is that the screws hold the flash hot shoe from the bottom
of the
flash shoe INSIDE the camera. They can only be tightened by removing the
top
plate of the camera completely -- not such an easy job, and a special
tool is
required to remove the retaining screw on the film advance lever. Tools
for
this type of work are available at www.micro-tools.com.

Once the repair work is done  the screw should be covered with white
glue, to
keep it in place should it ever loosen up again (it won't fall into the
camera gears that way).

If you want to post this to photo 3-D, please feel free.

Sincerely,

David Starkman
www.reel3d.com

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