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A2 rear control dial

Started Sep 10, 2014 | Questions thread
Mikem65d Regular Member • Posts: 319
Re: A2 rear control dial

Prognathous wrote:

Adrian Harris wrote:

Brilliant mike, I love solutions like that.

Yes, sounds great. I have the same problem and need to try it too. Thanks Mike!

Prog.

just use car sliding the paper in and it'll work fine.

I have a couple non working A2's in which i had fun dissecting one to see the inner workings and learn how to undo and redo all the components...........really quite simple and well thought out layout of the boards vs the way the 7I's were built.

The rear dial is however a part that can't be disassembled without ruining it, but the one i did open up revealed that it has 3 brass contacts with tiny ball like tips that ride on the flat board which tells the camera what it needs to make the changes. Fairly stout, but any harsh force could ruin them..........it would take more that a piece of paper though, so it's pretty safe to do what i described.

I've done four of them with perfect results.

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