Mamiya 645 AFD II Instructions Manual

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Shutter Safety RetractionThe precision shutter blades are made of very thin hyper-duralumin and could bedamaged if unprotected. Therefore the camera is designed to automatically re-tract the shutter into the open position when the magazine is removed. When it isreattached the shutter automatically closes and is ready for normal function. (Bat-teries must be in camera).19 202. Match the groove on the magazine bodycoupler with the holder bracket (lower) of thecamera body and snap the magazine into thebody.Attaching / Detaching the MagazineDetaching1. Insert the dark slide into the magazine.2. With your thumb first push button downand then simultaneously button in. Themagazine will separate itself from the camerabody.When the magazine is removed, the shutter willautomatically open, as explained above, un-der “Shutter Safety Retraction”Film winding and shutter release are alsolocked.AttachingInstallation and removal of the magazine and its dark slideUnless the dark slide is inserted in the magazine, you cannot install and remove themagazine. When the camera batteries are low or they are not installed, the dark slidecannot be removed although the magazine can be mounted or removed.1. Remove the magazine protection cap.Remove the camera rear body cap while puttinga finger into the notch and slide the cap down.Before installation3. Then you move them together like you closea book until they lock and you hear the focalplane shutter open.