Hi Bob, I was probably unclear on what is sticking.
It's not the soft focusing hood that I'm having trouble opening, it's the door that the focusing hood is mounted on. This door seats in the ground glass frame and can be opened (or removed) to fully uncover the ground glass. It's number 3 in this illustration with the unlocking tab just to the right of the red dot:
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...h-manual3.html
While I have you here Bob, is replacing the ground glass something I can do? or is it a shop mod? My glass is not only dim, but is stained with what looks like years of old tape residue…
Michael, if I come up with a good tool for this I'll let you know. My wrist was actually sore from prying this open a couple days ago. I have also gotten to the point of closing the camera bed before wrenching on this thing for fear I may damage something up front… so far the butter knife rules. Ha.
Thanks,
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