REMOVING THE FRONT-PLATE/
MIRROR-CAGE ASSEMBLY
As mentioned earlier, the fro n t plate,
mirror cage, shutter, and flex circuit come
out as a unit. W hat's more, you do n 't
have to unsolder a single wire. If you
haven't already done so, remove the front
decorator plate; a slit at the top, Fig. 42,
allows you to slightly spread the sides of
the fro n t decorator plate to clear the lens-
mounting ring. The stop-down button at
the side of the front-decorator plate will
be loose.
The small plate you can now see at the
side of the lens mount. Fig. 43, covers the
air-damping piston; the plate simply clips
into place. In action, the air-damping
piston slows down the upward move
ment of the mirror; that gives the
diaphragm time to stop down. Then, after
the diaphragm has reached the proper
f/s to p , the mirror mechanism opens the
memory switch.
Now remove the rewind-shaft support
plate. Fig. 42, by taking out its three
screws. Then peel off the rewind-side
fro n t leatherette. To completely remove
the wind-side fro n t leatherette, you must
take o ff the self-timer lever. However,
you need only peel back the leatherette
far enough to reach the tw o front-plate
screws.
A t the bottom of the camera, remove
the screw holding the reset switch S1.
Lift aside the S1 assembly w ith the tw o
yellow wires still attached. Also lift aside
the battery compartment after taking out
its tw o screws. Then remove the tw o
screws holding the lower circuit board.
Finally take out the four front-plate
screws. Notice the position of the one
slotted screw — the locating screw in the
upper wind-side corner. You can now
separate the fro n t-p la te /m irro r-c a g e
assembly from the body casting, Fig. 44.
Before replacing the assembly, charge
both the shutter and the mirror cage.
Charge the shutter by pushing the
shutter-cocking lever from right to left in
Fig. 44. Then charge the mirror by
pushing the mirror-tensioning lever from
left to right, Fig. 44.
OPERATING THE FRONT-PLATE/
MIRROR-CAGE ASSEMBLY
You can still operate the assembly at
the mechanical settings. Set the speed
knob to either " 0 " or " B ." Then push the
release button to release the mirror.
A t the mechanical settings, the release-
slide latch, Fig. 45, moves away from a
notch in the release slide. Now the release
slide can move down its full distance and
release the mirror. However, when you
select an electronically controlled speed,
the release-slide latch swings under the
release-slide notch as shown in Fig. 46.
Here, the release-slide latch prevents the
release slide from moving down far
enough to mechanically release the mirror.
So, to release the mirror electronically,
you'll have to connect a 3V power supply
to the circuit. Connect the positive
pow er-supply lead to the battery-
com partm ent term inal; connect the
negative power-supply lead to any metal
portion of the fro n t plate.
There's one more connection you must
make. Normally, the lower circuit board
makes its ground connection through the
body casting. But now, w ith the lower cir
Figure 42
Figure 43
Figure 44
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