Operation Manual

cusing
hood to avoid damaging
it.
Remove
the hood by
siiding
it to the rear in
its
guide slots. Slide the
replace-
ment viewfinder into the slots and
push it forward until
it stops. When
fully inserted the viewfinder is retained
in
position by a spring-loaded ball
latch
until
you have re-
attached
the magazine or the
rear
cover.
Chonging-th.e
magnifier
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The standard
4.5x magnifier lens plate
can be
changed
for
a plate with a correction
lens to compensate for
indi-
vidual
eyesight.
The supplied magnifier marked
-
l pro-
vides
comfortable
viewing of the focusing screen and the
display for most users. Correction
lenses, however, are
available with
powers ranging from + 3 to
-
4
dioptres.
Change
the magnifier as
follows:
l.
Remove
the focusing hood
from
the camera body and
open
it
by
lifting the lid.
2. Release the
magnifier
by
pushing the catch to the left.
Push the magnifier
halfivay
down and
pull out the lens
plate.
3.
Keep
the
plate holder halfi,vay down and
insert
the
re-
placement
lens plate with the printed side up.
Fold
the
hood
and
put it back on the camera.
Changin.g the
focusing screen
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Your 202FA
is
equipped
with the exceptionally bright
and sharp
focusing screen
Acute-Matte D. The area
in-
side the dotted
circle
indicates
the area
measured by the
built-in exposure
meter.lf you wish to replace the
focus-
ing screen with any
of the other
focusing
screens
in
the
Hasselblad system, simply
follow the
procedure
below:
l. Detach the
magazine and the viewfinder.
2. Push the two screen catches
to the side
into
their
3. Place
your hand
over the screen and
invert
the camera.
The
screen should
now
drop
into your hand.
(Should
the screen
refuse to drop out by itself, ensure
that the camera
is fully wound, remove the lens and
check that the
mirror is in
the down
position. Put a fin-
ger through the lens mount and push
gently
at the
screen
from
underneath,
preferably
with a soft cloth
between
the finger and the
screen.)
4.lnsert the replacement screen with the smooth side up
and
the
sharp-edged
corners down. Ensure that all
four corners ofthe screen are
positively
seated on their
supports.You
need not return
the screen catches.
This
is
done automatically
when the viewfinder is replaced.
Always
avoid allowing direct
light
to
enter the
viewfinder
eyepiece
when
making
an exposure.
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