Minolta X, Xt, Xg lens cover

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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:48:08 -0500, "Rudy--K8SWD" <rudym@net-link.net>
wrote:

>I have a Minolta Xt and messed up the lens cover using a large lens pen to
>clean the lens the other day when I got some rain drops on it. I evidently
>knocked the lens cover off the track. I called around and the best price to
>get it fixed was $45.00 plus shipping. Konica-Minolta has a flat max rate
>of $110.00. So what was there to lose? I filed down an eye-glass fix it
>screwdriver to fit the screws on the camera and split the cases. Really
>easy. No parts flew out either! A simple touch of my finger to the lens
>cover popped it on track and it works fine. A couple of the screws are
>shorter than the others, so rememeber where they go. I got the camera back
>together with no parts left over! Oh, it is really easy to replace the
>tripod socket in the event this gets stripped too. So, in the event I
>inadvertenly knock this little cover off track again--no worrys for this
>out-of-warranty camera!
>
>Rudy, K8SWD

Thanks for the tip, Rudy! Gonna save it in case my wife ever does
something equally fooli.... uh, unfortunate to her X20! ;-)

--John W. Wells