Mamiya 645 AFD III - Manual (Page 10)

C
D
A
B
Detaching
1. Insert the dark slide into the magazine.
2. With your thumb first push button C down and
then simultaneously button D in. The magazine
will separate itself from the camera body.
When the magazine is removed, the shutter
will automatically open, as explained above,
under “Shutter Safety Retraction”
Film winding and shutter release are also
locked.
2. Press the magazine to the camera body, then
the couplers on the camera body and the
magazine together. You will hear the shutter and
mirror click into the shooting position.
Shutter Safety Retraction
The precision shutter blades are made of very thin hyper-duralumin and could be
damaged if unprotected. When the magazine is loaded into the camera, the mirror
and shutter are set to their home positions, and the camera’s operation lock is re-
leased.
The shutter auto open/close unit will not be activated when batteries have not
been installed inside the camera.
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1. Fit the bracket at the bottom of the interface of
the camera body with the groove on the
magazine.
Attaching / Detaching a Magazine
Attaching
1. Remove the magazine protection cap.
2. Remove the camera rear cap by putting a
finger into the notch and sliding the cap down.
Before installation
Installation and removal of the magazine and its dark slide
Unless the dark slide is inserted in the magazine, you cannot install and remove the
magazine. When the camera batteries power is low, or batteries are not installed, the
dark slide cannot be removed although the magazine can be mounted or removed.
The magazine cannot be loaded in the camera
unless the pull-out cover is inserted into place.