u/ImpressiveRush9362

Today I tried something I've read on several pages, didn't find good pictures on it though, so I made some.

I love black Minoltas, but many in my price range are a bit used and the lettering tends to yellow a bit or get stained. Whilst it can be brought back to life with cleaning, scrubbing and agitating a lot, one can also overdo it quickly with too much fluid or too hard scrubbing.

So I got myself a PaintStick and tried it on my ratty XD-7.

I cleaned it with a tooth brush and dried it thoroughly, then I just scrubbed it into the lettering.

I waited a while and pressed it down a bit.

Then I used a flat spatula that I wrapped a lens Cleaning cloth around to wipe off the excess.

Do not use a deep fiber cloth because it would take too much of it off!

It's not perfect on mine because I just wanted to test it first. One can surely do a better job!

I'm leaving it to harden now, I'll try the lettering on the ASA and Shutter speed dial tomorrow!

I'll capture that process too and add it here!

It works, it's perfect! Local flea market find, and big plus that it uses the batteries from my A99ii.

The 3MP pictures are really really beautiful from what I'm seeing. Can't wait to finalize my first disc!

By the way:

Someone somewhere told the trick to make it initialize CDs and it worked for me:

Hold the camera with the screen facing up and just as it starts initializing the disk, abruptly rotate it counter clockwise, then hold still.

Without that trick, mine wouldn't initiate the CD. With the trick, no problem!

Would love to hear any further thoughts and experiences with those cameras!

Greetings from Germany!

Has anyone had the chance or need to take apart the mentioned and pictured lens?

I got one from eBay with oily and sticky aperture but got a full refund from the seller, so I would like to clean it up now.

Would be awesome if someone had a resource or hands on experience with this rather uncommon lens or knows what lens it's based upon where I can then look up on how to get to the Aperture.

Thanks for reading and any information!