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Author Message   Walter Tinkerer Username: Walter Post Number: 2 Registered: 01-2010 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:12 am:    I have checked this issue with my Yashica Mat-124 (ist is not the G type), but when I remove the screwed in plate (on the G this plate ist the film type reminder) there is indeed a shaft (which you can already see) and this shaft is fixed with a nut on the focusing knob. You just have to remove the plate completely. Walter