Kodak Medalist II User Manual

the end of the lever a little where it comes in con-
tact with the stud on the safety lever assembly.
If the parallax frame assembly (figure 5) and the
range finder eyelet lens assembly were removed
from the range finder plate in disassembly, replace
them and fasten with the two range finder eyelet
frame screws. The eyelet lens assembly should go
on
first with the frame toward the rear; make sure
that it is straight and that itis pushed as far toward
the front of the camera as it will go.
RANGE
FINDER ACTUATING LEVER LINK
(See
figure 1).
CAUTION:
Be careful not todamage the
parallax frame assembly while perform-
ing the following operations.
Extend the focusing tube assembly fully; then
retract it slightly. With the camera upside down
and level, hold the range finder actuating lever link
so that the long prongs are to the left and the steps
in the link go up from left to right. Slip the prongs
between the range finder actuating lever link washer
and the range finder actuating lever link nut.
Grasp the link with a pair of tweezers and swing
the right end around toward the front of the camera
until it is beyond and just to the left of the range
finder actuating lever retaining screw.
With a jeweler's screwdriver, force the link with
firm pressure toward the front of the camera until
the short prongs slide over the stud on the range
finder actuating lever assembly .
COUNTER DIAL ASSEMBLY AND
SAFETY CON-
TROL STOP PAWL.
Replace the safety control stop pawl (figure 6)
and safety control stop pawl spring and fasten them
with the safety control stop pawl stud .
The long end of the safety control stop pawl
spring fits into the groove on the safety control stop
pawl. The short end rests against the right side of
the
projecting lug on the range finder plate.
Replace the counter knob spring (figure 5) and
hold it down with the counter dial assembly while
replacing the counter knob washer and counter knob
screw.
COUNTER DIAL HOUSING COMPLETE
(See figure 4).
Replace the key post spring washer on the key
post with the concave side upward. Also replace
the flat key post spacing washer if one was used on
the
camera as originally assembled; this washer is
not necessary unless the winding key knob shows a
tendency to wobble as it is turned (after the counter
dial hous ing complete has been replaced).
Replace the counter dial housing complete and
fasten it with the three counter dial housing screws .
Make
sure the key post is not binding against the
housing.
Replace the key knob and fasten it with the key
knob screw.
TRIGGER BUTTON HOUSING COMPLETE
(See figure 3) .
If the trigger bushing leak light washer was re-
moved during disassembly , replace it with the clip-
ped corner toward the right front corner of the range
finder plate and fasten it along the back edge with
-
shellac. Make sure the hole is centered around the
trigger button. Slip the trigger button leak light
washer over the trigger button. ---
Replace the exposure indicator tube in the hole
in the range finder plate directly above the red signal.
Replace the trigger button housing complete and
fas ten it with the three trigger button housing screws
Make sure the trigger button is not binding against
the housing.
DIRECT VIEW FINDER COVER.
Before replacing the direct view finder cover
assembly (figure 2), check the range finder to make
sure that it is free from any of the defects illus-
trated in figure 21. If any of these troubles is en-
countered, refer to page 16 for instructions on ad-
justing the optical system . Be sure all the range
finder optics are perfectly clean. Even a small
amount of dirt may make one or both halves of the
field appear hazy. Any required cleaning can be
done with a piece of wadded-up lens cleaning paper
or soft, lintless cloth on the end of a toothpick, using
moisture from the breath or lens cleaner as re-
quired.
CAUTION: If lens cleaner is used, it
should be applied sparingly to the lens
cleaning paper or cloth , not to the glass .
Never use alcohol or other solvents.
Check to make sure that the windows in the di-
rect view finder cover assembly are perfectly
clean. If they are not, clean them as described in
the preceding paragraph.
Look through the range finder at a distant ob-
ject and turn the focusing tube assembly in or out
until the two halves of the field are lined up; this
establishes the approximate infinity position of the
focusing tube assembly.
NOTE: If the range finder image in the
upper field cannot be moved far enough
to the left to coincide with the image in
the lower field, the left end prism as-
sembly (figure 22) must be adjusted.
Loosen slightly the right-hand screw of
the three end prism bracket screws and
tighten the left-hand screw. Do not ad-
just the center screw . On the other hand ,
if the image in the upper field moves
very far to the left when the focusing
tube assembly is retracted from the in-
finity position to the closed position , it
may happen that the upper field cannot
be moved far enough to the right to coin-
cide with the lower field when an object
at 3 1/ 2 feet is viewed through the range
finder. In this case , loosen slightly the
left-hand screw and tighten the right-
hand screw. When the end prism has
been properly adjusted, the two range
finder images can be made to coincide
when either a distant object or an object
at 3 1/ 2 feet is viewed. As the focusing
tube assembly is retracted from the in-
finity position to the closed pOSition the
upper image should move only slightly
to the left of the lower image.
At this I'oint check to make sure that the paral-
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Kodak Medalist II Specifications

General

Brand	Kodak
Model	Medalist II
Category	Film Camera
Language	English