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Groovedwarepeople
Tinkerer
Username: Groovedwarepeople
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 09, 2008 - 01:46 am: | 
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I am looking for a Repair manual for my 7s (not an instruction manual). Does anybody know where a copy can be downloaded or bought from? |
Harryrag
Tinkerer
Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 9
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 09, 2008 - 04:20 am: |
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What is it you need to know? Mabe we can help fix your problem. |
Groovedwarepeople
Tinkerer
Username: Groovedwarepeople
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 04:14 am: |
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Stuck aperture blades is the main problem but cleaning with lighter fluid didn't fix it. I will need to totally dismantle the lens to get to the blades, hence the request for a manual or even an exploded view would help. |
Harryrag
Tinkerer
Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 10
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 12:47 pm: |
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I do not think that a service manual can be had for a reasonable price. You can get two disfunctional cameras for what sellers ask for sometimes incompletely copied repair handbooks.
The Hi-matic 7, 7s, 9 are widely identical. On the other hand there are also minor differences in different batches of each model line.
The older Hi-Matics are relatively complex in function and design, so they are definitely not ideal beginners' target projects. But the cameras are reliably traditional in their overall design, so if you are a bit experienced and take notes of every step you take when dismantling one, you can go in intuitively. You can also use the forum's archives and other sources of interest on the net.
This is a DIY & tinkerers' forum, so why worry about a service manual? If you still think it is inevitable, try this link http://www.testreports.co.uk/photography/wdc/stock/Model.asp?Model=7218&ModelPag e=true |
Nickon51
Tinkerer
Username: Nickon51
Post Number: 4
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 08:03 am: |
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I have a nice looking HiMatic 7s that does the same thing. Is the dis-assembly similar to the Copal Shutters on a Konica S2?
When I get that one back together I'll have a look at the Minolta. |
Harryrag
Tinkerer
Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 11
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 03:15 pm: |
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Hi, the older Hi-Matics are a lot more demanding than the Konica K2 although the procedure is roughly the same, like for example the repair on a Ford engine resembles fixing up a Toyota. |
Groovedwarepeople
Tinkerer
Username: Groovedwarepeople
Post Number: 3
Registered: 04-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 06:06 pm: |
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Thanks for the info Harryrag. I have let the shutter assembly soak for a while and I now have movement in the shutter. I am reassembling the camera so I hope it is fixed. If not .... I will have a parts camera for future use. |
Harryrag
Tinkerer
Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 13
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 03:57 am: |
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Take my advice, don't give up too early, often only repeated cleaning or a revision of what you have been doing to a repair object helps to unveil the last mystery, good luck on that. |
