tony_castle1

Sorry for the confusion there, the small format comment was meant to be tongue in cheek as was pointed out there is not a 5X4 specific forum.

I am not totally new to the world of large format and was once the proud owner of an MPP MK VII.

I sold up (including my laborator L1200, Duhhh!) when I thought Ilford, Kodak, Fuji and the likes were going to pull the plug on emulsion coating.

Got that wrong didn't I!

Jumped head long into digital, Eos 20D, lenses, laptop etc and did have quite a lot of fun but found the overall process somewhat less than rewarding.

I have not posted for a while as I have been playing with digital.

I am pleased to see you are still posting and helping others.

I hope to pick up my wista cherry wood within the next week or so sadly it's

only 5X4 and you do not seem to have a forum for small format.

There is a downloadable repair/service manual free on the net if you look, it could actually be onChristian Rollingers home page.

Failing that, I could mail you a copy.

Hello

I too completely stuffed my focus screen trying to clean it so don't feel bad about it, here is a cautionary tale though.

Having tried warm soapy water, compressed air, blower brush and all other benign methods I too moved to chemical attack.

Purely by chance I figured out how to delaminate the focus screen parts and proceded to soak the plastic part in Isopropanol Alchohol.

After a few moments a white deposit formed on the frensel surface and by the time I had rinsed the component in warm water irreversible damage had occured.

This leads me to think the plastic part is an acrylic so when I use the term CHEMICAL ATTACK that is exactly what happens.

If there was an upside to this tale? it is that I am now the proud owner of a small square NINJA DEATH SCREEN which I throw around the house during moments of frustration.