[photo-3d] Re Nimslo Flash problem

[Peter Homer <P.J.Homer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Berezin wrote

>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).

David Starkman has interpreted Robert Thorpe's original post differently to
me so I may have got the wrong idea. I though he was refering to the
attatchment of the hot shoe through the  plastic top of the camera to the
metal body of the camera. In order to remove the top pf the camera it is
still neccessary to remove this screw located under a clip in the hot shoe.
I found I could remove the retaining screw on the film advance lever using
a pair of divider inserted into the two holes on top of the screw, without
any special tool being required.

P.J.Homer