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     Stuart Willis Rating: N/A |
The cap over the film advance lever unscrews with a rubber tool. It is NOT left hand threaded. The shutter dial stays with the top-plate and requires no disassembly. Top-plate removes easily. To remove the eyepiece one must first lift the hard pcb around the rewind-knob crank hub. This because the AX-3 features a blind to block light ingress through VF in time exposures. The blind is integral with the VF assembly. Its activating lever emerges underside the aforementioned hard pcb. Therefore the pcb must be lifted enough to facilitate withdrawal. And there is a danger here. The wiper assemblies for ASA and ON/Off and Self-Timer operation are on top of the pcb and held down on the rewind crank boss by a black plastic ring. This is quite a delicate component. It has little lugs in its bore - and these snap into a groove in the boss. Break this ring - and "no camera"! The floating leaf as obstructing the VF is a mask affixed to the prism rear by two small blobs of contact adhesive. The mask is to protect the prism face against abrasion when the VF blind is operated. Hope this helps |