[rollei_list] CLA tips

Hello,

I recently acquired my first MF camera, a Rolleicord III it seems. The
shutter seems ok, however the camera shows its age, two things in
particular:
 - the focus seems somewhat shifted, ie. when I set the focus in the
finder on a target at infinity, the focusing knob is set between 10 an 20
meters
 - the ground glass and mirror need a good cleaning

I would like to clean the ground glass and mirror, and I suppose I could
use the ground glass to check that both lenses focus at the same distance,
so I am trying to remove the ground glass. But I do not succeed in
removing the 4 screws that retain the hood, I think they may have corroded
a bit.

Now to my questions:
 - how can I unblock these screws?
 - would it be useful to use the ground glass to check the focus?
 - if the viewing lens does not focus correctly, can I try a repair
myself?

I guess a camera like this is not worth sending to a camera shop, right?
I'm no crazy collector anyway, all I want is a cheap MF I can use. :)

Thanks in advance for your answers.


Regards,

-- 
Jean-Marc Saffroy
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