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Angela
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 03:53 pm: | 
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I have an older Fujica AX-3 model which I bought sight unseen off of Ebay. The controls all work well, yet I cannot seem to get the eyepiece shutter to open. There are 2 overlapping pieces in the viewfinder that seem to be the shutter, but they do not move, even when I turn the camera on. An online manual for this camera shows the eyepiece shutter lever to the side of the eyepiece, and I cannot get this lever to move much. I don't want to break the lever by pushing it further than it should go, and I wondered if anyone else knows how this camera should work. |
Stuart Willis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 04, 2005 - 12:32 am: |
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Light entering the viewfinder will corrupt the meter readings on most SLRs. The twin leaf mask is to blind the viewfinder when the camera is being used in a manner which would permit light entering the viewfinder (such as when on a tripod).
Activation of the blind is an independent action and has nothing to do with switching the camera on or off. Simply you us it when you need it.
It is not a difficult or complicated mechanism.
You will need to remove the camera top plate to access it and see what is going on. |
Angela
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 07:48 pm: |
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Thanks for the help! The twin leaf mask was a bit stuck, but now it moves freely. I was putting the top plate back on, and ran into one small problem--I cannot seem to get the cassette fork up through the hole provided for it. I try to wiggle and screw it in, but to no avail. Any suggestions? |
Glenn Middleton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 09:14 am: |
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Look down the hole and I think you will see a 'retaining clip'.You have to push this to one side with a small screwdriver whilst you push the rewind shaft in from the other end.
A simple way is to file a small bevel on the end of the shaft - this lets the shaft push the 'clip' open. Imagine you are pushing a pencil point into the hole and I think you will see what is required. |
