ライツ・ミノルタCLのファインダー修理 - フ

ォト＆クラフト工房Ｇｏｒｏｕ's
（写真、カ
メラ、万年筆、腕時計、etc．）
A camera manufactured by Leitz of Germany and Minolta under technical
cooperation.
　Germany's Leitz company, which makes Leica, and Japan's Minolta
camera (now merged with SONY) formed a technical partnership to
create a rangefinder camera with a built-in exposure meter. I believe it
was 1973. It's the first Leica camera with a built-in exposure meter.
After the CL, the M5 has exactly the same exposure metering
mechanism as the CL using Minolta electronics.

　At the top of the mount frame, there is a roller that works with the rangefinder.
Pressing this will move the double image in the viewfinder.
　Winding the winding lever reveals the cds exposure measurement sensor in the
center of the shutter curtain. Since the exposure is measured at the center of the
film, spot metering is used at the center.　The rangefinder double image of the
Leitz Minolta CL has almost disappeared. I decided to open the warship
department and repair it. It's been a while since I repaired the camera.

　The warship part can be removed by removing the screws that hold the hoisting
lever, shutter ring and fishing frame. The shutter speed, aperture, and exposure
meter needle can be checked through the viewfinder, so that mechanism is fully
incorporated.
　The oblique glass in the viewfinder is a half mirror that projects a
double image for distance adjustment.

　No problems were found upon inspection. Beautiful semi-

transparency. This glass is a half mirror that reflects about 30% of
light.

　Since there is no defect in the viewfinder, it seems that the prism

and lens that take in the light of the double image on the right side
and send it to the half mirror must be disassembled. This part takes
in light to change the bright frame according to the focal length of the
attached lens, and also incorporates an exposure meter linked to the
shutter, so it is quite a troublesome part to disassemble.

　The exposure meter is linked to the shutter dial that can be seen
from the front of the camera, which is another factor that makes it a
complicated mechanism. I think that the shutter dial at this position is
an epoch-making mechanism that allows you to adjust the exposure
in the viewfinder without taking your eyes off the camera while
holding the camera with both hands. The M5 has exactly the same
structure.
　Adjust the shutter speed while looking through the viewfinder. Set
the ASA sensitivity (film sensitivity) in advance with the silver dial in
the center of this dial.

　A small window on the right side of the letters "minolta" is a window

that takes in double-image light linked with the distance ring of the
lens.

　It's a little hard to see, but the viewfinder looks like this.

　The shutter speed is displayed on the top. The needle of the

exposure meter on the right is moving upward because the battery is
not installed.

　There is a 40mm lens frame inside.

　As you can see, originally this frame line, the orange double image
for distance adjustment is displayed in the center of the bright frame,
but it is not visible at all.

　From here on, it's going to be quite a troublesome task, so I'll stop
here for today.

　The reason why the double image is thin when adjusting the
distance seems to be that the specular vapor deposition coating of
the small rectangular prism has deteriorated. I haven't gone as far as
taking out that prism.

　I hope I can do something about it in my next report...

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