andrea_pacquola

<p>Thank you Ken, no glue but you gave me a clue saying "cheap aluminium".<br /><br />Someone in the past must have tried to open the camera, since the bezel is missing the central ring with the words "Kodar lens".<br /><br />Also the front plate covered with leatherette is a little bent.<br />I lifted the aluminium ring of the bezel, and it came off. Then I lifted the plate.<br />I see that the infamous screw is not the one that joins the front with the end.<br />There are two other screws fixed on the front...one under the viewfinder and one on the side of the lens.</p>

<p>Some time ago I've purchased a Kodak Instamatic 300 in non working condition.<br /><br />The shutter is jammed but, having disassembled other Instamatic, I thought to be able to give a look inside.<br /><br />Surprise: the central screw placed inside just under the lens is reversed, as if it had been screwed from the front of the camera.<br /><br />The corresponding position of the front is however covered by the fragile plastic bezel, that is even well stuck in position.<br /><br />This leads me to think that:</p> <ul> <li>there is a system to remove the bezel of the lens to access the head of the screw, or</li> <li>the screw should be removed from the inside, using a special tool.</li> </ul> <p><br />I am a bit puzzled. Have you any idea about this?</p>