I had an old 'cord where the mirror had degraded. It appeared as if the mirror had been varnished, to protect the silver coating. I dont know how general this practice was. All the best Larry Cuffe On Friday, March 05, 2010, at 06:31PM, "Stephen Attaway" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi Marc: > >All my Rolleis are over 50, and all but one has an immaculate mirror. The >one exception is a very beat up 'cord I bought as a parts camera... > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:35 PM >To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex MX (Xenar) > >> Jan >> >> Thanks for the numbers! >> >> A couple of quick points. >> >> The Weston II meter can be overhauled by George Milton at Quality >> Light-Metric in Hollywood, USA, as they used to say on Tom and Jerry >> Cartoons. >> >> The viewfinder lens is probably filthy and could work well with a good >> cleaning as Richard Knoppow suggested. >> >> I do NOT want to get Richard stirred up again over mirror coatings. >> However, your camera came with a silver coating without an overcoat on the >> viewing mirror. Now, the life of a silver coating on an astronomical >> telescope (open to the air) is between two and ten years, depending on the >> weather and pollution conditions. Your mirror is tightly enclosed but, >> still, it has been in place for almost six decades. I would not be >> surprised were you to find that the coatings are entirely gone from the >> mirror -- the glass alone WILL produce an image, but a very pale image. >> If such is the case, you have two options: you can resilver this >> yourself, and stay authentic, or you can have it aluminized and overcoated >> by a firm specializing in such work: pick up a copy of SKY & TELESCOPE to >> locate such houses. If you remove the mirror and send it to one of them, >> the coast is relatively low. >> >> This is a neat camera, and it has a fine and proper lens. >> >> Marc >> >> >> At 09:28 AM 3/5/2010, you wrote: >> >Bought a Rolleiflex MX No. 1256064 (3.5/75mm Xenar No. 3110891) with >> >instr. book, Rollei ER case and a dead Weston Master II locally >> >yesterday. My first more "vintage" Rolleiflex. What kind of strap >> >is needed for the older style attachment on the MX, if you don't use >> >the leather case? >> > >> > I was surprised to learn that I can't use my Rolleifix on it and >> >that you have to restrain you impulse to wind the film if you want to >> >use 1/500 second! The WL finder is incredibly dim compared to my >> >Maxwell-enhanced 3.5E. Perhaps cleaning the screen might help >> >somewhat at least around the edges >> > >> >But this MX seems to functions extremely smoothly. The camera was >> >overhauled a few years ago. Moving parts seem to have less tolerances >> >and moving parts inclusding the shutter seem more "buttery" quiet >> >than in my 3.5E (I have had the same experience with older Leicas >> >compared to my IIIf). >> > >> > I am running a roll of FP4 through it today and will post results >> >on Flickr this weekend. Will also pick up a Bay I hood from my >> >local camera store. >> >Can I replace the screen in the MX myself? >> > >> >Jan >> > >> >P.S.: Any hopes for "reviving" the Weston Master II meter? >> >--- >> >Rollei List >> > >> >- Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > >> >- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' >> >in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org >> > >> >- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >> >'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org >> > >> >- Online, searchable archives are available at >> >//www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list >> > >> > >> >> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! >> >> --- >> Rollei List >> >> - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the >> subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org >> >> - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in >> the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org >> >> - Online, searchable archives are available at >> //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list >> >> >> >--- >Rollei List > >- Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' >in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > >- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > >- Online, searchable archives are available at >//www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list