Thanks for this. I was apprehensive to remove the top plate. The frame counter window fell into mine and I had to pull the cover to reglue it in place. I took the opportunity to clean the inside of the viewfinder window as well. All good.
Dave, thank you a thousand times for making and posting this video. I love shooting with my Fujica GL690. but the viewfinder is hazy and dirty. I too couldn't find instructions on how to remove the top, even though I have a service manual. Shout out to you and many thanks.
I tried this on the GM670 and it works for that camera too! I wish I remembered which way the patch moves when turning the screw clockwise or counterclockwise, but I forgot. I do know it only takes very minor adjustments to align it properly. In my case the screw was glued down to keep it in place. If that’s the case then use a knife and tweezers to remove the glue.
Thank you for this video. My GW690II had some haze in the viewfinder. I used your instructions to remove the top plate and clean all of the easy to get to glass surfaces. Only difference was the wires connecting the camera to the hot shoe as I lifted the top plate. Made it a little difficult as I couldn’t lift the top plate very far from the body, but it worked. Thanks again!
It did come far enough off though to just clear the windows for cleaning? Did you remove the front viewfinder condenser lens to clean behind it? Looks like just 2 Philips head screws retaining it once the top plate is off.
Dude! Yes! I’d love to see a video on this camera of how to get to/clean the rear lens. Mine has a small amount of haze but I don’t just want to dive in and ruin anything.
I would love to see the adjustment being done and how it looks thru the viewfinder. also, How do you know if the light seals are still good? have you replaced the seals on this camera?
Just for clarification, those are JIS screws, not phillips head - phillips will strip them very quickly. Great video - I had mine apart to fix the "sproing" sound :)
@@bjmarchives I used some butyl on the plate below the cocking spring, which cut the sound in half. Many think it's the shutter counter, but it is not.
Hey Dave! Thanks for this video-- super helpful! I'm having trouble getting the rangefinder adjusting screws to turn on my GL690. I heard someone mention that the screws can sometimes be glued down, so I'm trying to remove the top cover but I'm just having a horrible time getting the top of the shutter release off. I've tried doing it by hand to trying pliers and its just not budging, any thoughts?
Maybe try a piece of rubber. I have a set of rubber cups that make removing things like that super easy. I’ve also used a jar opener. It’s a thin piece of grippy material that really helps. Also be very careful with those screws. After making this video I was made aware of jis screwdrivers. They are probably the correct type to use for these cameras but luckily I had no trouble with my regular screwdrivers.
Very good video! Unfortunately, the shutter doesn't work on my camera. The camera fires but the shutter does not open. I can therefore not transport the film any further. Is there anything I can repair myself?
@DaveMontejano could you please please please make a video on how to disassembly the lens elements for cleaning? I need to clean a tiny fungus but havent found much on how should I open this and if its too complicated.
Tinkerbell Can’t remember where I found this info but the easiest way to do it would be to set your focus to infinity and point your camera at something far away. Then adjust the screws as needed. Or you can choose a shorter length on your focus ring and with a tape measure and tripod adjust your rangefinder as needed. I hope that makes sense.
Thanks! Just got this camera today. The first version. Quick question: do you have any experience cleaning the dust out of the front elements? The front group screws right off and then a lens spanner wrench should remove the front element. I just haven’t tried yet.
Not with this one specifically but it’s usually as simple as needing a spanner or some rubber cups to remove elements and retaining rings. I always recommend wearing latex or similar gloves when cleaning internal glass. Those finger oils get everywhere. Good luck!
Hej Dave, many thanks for this video. The front glas cleaning of my GW670 II was a full success. The reason I tried to open up the camera was a rattling noise. It is a small metallic part, that went loose. Rectangular in shape (side length 5-6mm), with a stamped, extruding hole in the middle. Your video shows it is somehow attached to one of the prism lenses with the hole in the middle. Is it glued to the lens? Is it necessary? what does it do at all? Any ideas are very much appreciated. :)
Probably not much help 1 year later, but to anyone else reading about this issue, I had the same problem with a gw680iii. Referencing the repair manual for the gw690iii or ii which can be easily found online, it is part ref no. 5-8 which is labeled "Aperture barrel" I'm pretty sure this prevents stray light from the rangefinder chamber from interfering with your view in the viewfinder. With it removed, the part was rattling and moving around blocking portions of the framelines where it lay. The rangefinder dot was also splitting into two dots which would become hard to focus in strong backlight. It appears to be glued directly to the front of the lens you mention with the oval-ish front hole in a horizontal orientation and the long side of the tube laying inward to the lens (based on the old glue stains, the repair manual is not detailed enough to show the part clearly). I just attached it back to the front of the lens it came from using tweezers with some (very little) loctite glue applied with the tip of a toothpick. My application may not have been perfect, but the view of the now singular rangefinder dot is much improved and easier to see in backlit situations. And thanks for this video Dave, an immense help in giving me the confidence to repair the issue myself on a pretty expensive camera I was scared to brick.
8:05 If your tiny spring goes sprong and you can't find it, even after dragging a giant magnet across the floor, then you're going to have to make a new one. To make a new spring, you need jewelry pliers, a pair of magnifying glasses, and .2mm stainless spring wire. It's a fidgety job but it can be done. The size is .2mm not .4mm...
mrharpman as of now it is the only video on RUclips. I recently bought mine as well and noticed at infinity that the alignment was off. I had to dig through super old forums to get enough info to make this video. I’m glad it’s helping folks. Thanks for stopping by!
Buster Photo So helpful man! Just bought a broken Nimlso 3d and repaired it myself. I recorded everything too, but still have to cut the video. I really love the idea of helping the community and keep these old cameras alive. I haven’t mine received yet but the seller said that the lens has some minor dust inside. Do you have any instructions to open it up?
Sorry for bothering you again man, but sources on service instructions are pretty non existing. Is it normal for the rangefinderpatch to be blurry with no sharp edges? I‘m used to my leica and there they are perfectly sharp.
mrharpman one of mine does have a bit of a soft circle. But that’s the one that seems to have a dirty film on the inner glass. My nice one is way more defined.
Probably with a ground glass or equivalent in the film position with the camera back open (and shutter of course), then match the viewfinder image with the ground glass image.
I’ve got a fujica G690 BLP that I want to repair. For some reason the screen is loose at the right side. Are you familiar with this camera and or issue? Thanks ❤ Is it easy to access the spool?
Since the GW690II has a hot shoe will these instructions be the same aside from the wires going to the hot shoe? I tried to remove the tiny Philips screws but they're in way too tight. I didn't want to strip the head. I guess I can use some penetrating oil to loosen them but I just don't want to take a chance.
Those screws are not philips, they are JIS - so just pick up a set of those and they will be far more effective along with a q-tip of 91% alcohol to break them free.
Hi Dave, I hope you're well. Quick question. I just received my GW690ii in the post today andlens looks missaligned. As in it doesn't close flush, there's a gap that is still visible. Is this something that can be easily fixed?
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. This camera doesn't close. Its a fixed lens. Otherwise I don't know much about fixing other issues with this camera besides the rangefinder calibration.
Hi Buster, video was excellent for top disassembly and cleaning, but your headline said rangefinder adjust and I didn’t actually see any thing on making the adjustment. You showed where the screws were and which one was horizontal and/or vertical, but as per the title, I was hoping to see the actual adjustment process . Any chance you might be able to make a video for that? Again, rest of the info was top notch. Cheers
I really should have added some more on this in the original video. The easiest way to do this is to find something really far away and focus to infinity. I find palm trees are best here in Los Angeles since they have easy vertical lines and the top makes horizontal line easy. Once you have your far away thing and are at infinity its all a matter of seeing how off it is and slowly adjust screws as needed. With top off you just do tiny adjustments as you go. I'm sure there is a more official repair shop way of doing this, but for the at home do it yourselfer like me its always worked out. I hope this gives you some better idea of how to adjust your rangefinder. Thanks for stopping by.
Buster Photo , appreciate the reply and the tips for rangefinder adjustments. I also have a Canon AE-1 Program my dad gave me after he quit doing photography. After seeing your video on said camera, realize it’s time to put it to use and burn some film. Love your vids! Cheers , Bart
Just ordered my GW690II. How would I know, if my range finder is off? Are the pics simply out of focus? And how would I know in which direction to turn the screws? Also, as the II has a hot shoe, do you know if the procedure in general is the same?
Punkfurt best way to check if your rangefinder is off is to pick something really far away and focus to infinity. The you can see how the images line up. Or for something closer you need to set a distance on your lens then measure an object the same distance away from your camera. As for adjusting I forget which way is which but I would just do tiny turns and see if the misalignment is getting better or worse. I’m not sure how the hot shoe will work on the II. But maybe you don’t need to remove the top plate to adjust the rangefinder. Or adjust at all.
@@DaveMontejano Hmm … I thought, the misalignment happens between the rangefinder and the actual lens, in a way that the viewfinder shows a sharp image, but the photo isn't really in focus. If it's just off the scale, I don't mind too much …
Punkfurt if the viewfinder is showing perfect alignment, and we can rule out camera shake, and the resulting picture is blurry then the rangefinder is not properly calibrated. That’s why checking at infinity is usually the easiest and quickest way to check. If it’s off at infinity it will very likely be off at other distances.
Almost! There’s one screw you can only access by opening the back and it’ll be on the right side. III has hot shoe so there is a wire connecting it to the top but you can unscrew it. I just left it on dangling. The spring he mentioned definitely pops off easily. Mine popped off, took me hours to find it and now I have no idea how to put it back hahaha. Oh well.
I know this is an old video but as some have been asking about the lens, here's one of the best videos for the 100mm f3.5 and might help others: ruclips.net/video/SGdNf_621Jg/видео.html
You left out so many steps and much needed advise. You loosen the slotted screw before turning the cross screw. Then you check close focus. Yes, your GW690 rangefinder can be perfect at infinity and off at 1 meter or vice versa after any adjustments are done. Lens must be adjusted for 1 meter focus. You do that on the other end of the rangefinder, then you must check your infinity again. Sometimes you have to go back and forth a few times. If you or anyone gets offended by my comment, that's ok with me. At lest you read it and now you know.
Thank you for the needed extra information. I’m just a small channel trying to provide information. I always welcome corrections and extra info. Thank you for your comment!
Thank you so much for this video. It helped me safely open and close the camera. My issue was that my frame was not moving with the adjustment of focus. If anyone else has that issue then open the camera up and the spring that he points to in this video is moving via the interlock lever. The interlock lever is the issue. I could see the spring just moving one way only when I manually changed the frame with my fingers. In this Manual learncamerarepair.com/downloads/pdf/Fuji-690II-Service.pdf you can have a better understanding. Basically on page 5 it tells you to just bend the interlock lever head. It took me a while to figure out exactly what I was looking for but it is also in the diagram on page 43 in section 5-47. I pretty much just bent it so slightly, nearly poked it a few times and it fell into place. You can also take a look at it from behind the camera and see these screws that are suppose to move with the lever. Good luck!
Hi, i have a similar problem . When i focus with the camera, the framelines start to move but suddenly they drop at around 2m. Then when i focus back to infinity they move up, do you think is the little spring or the interlock lever? Should i dismount the rangefinder top plate to access this interlock lever?
@@MrTamix74 Hey, it does sound pretty similar to my issue. When I would move the frame manually to 1 meter I was then able to focus via the lens back to infinity. So sounds like it is the interlock lever to me. Dismounting, my guess at least, is the best option to figure out whats going on.
@@2croach i figured it out, i have the g690 bl which is an erlier model, so when i opened the camera i saw that is quite different but similar in a way. A smal pinn was bent and out of place and i finally pushed it whith a tweezer and now it works. I hope it will stay in place. If it loosens i need to get the rangefinder off to reach it but i dont want, so i hope it stays as it is now :))
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Nice work. Thanks for all the effort you put into this video and for sharing the experience!
Thanks heaps for taking the time to make this! Going to help heaps as I have a hazy 690ii viewfinder to clean
thank you for taking the time to explain! helped me greatly
Thanks for this! The little counter window popped down inside so I need to pop it back up and this is exactly what I needed to know!
Thanks for this. I was apprehensive to remove the top plate. The frame counter window fell into mine and I had to pull the cover to reglue it in place. I took the opportunity to clean the inside of the viewfinder window as well. All good.
TheAgeOfAnalog I’m glad you found my video useful. Please like and subscribe and happy shooting!
Awesome, thanks for putting this up!
Dave, thank you a thousand times for making and posting this video. I love shooting with my Fujica GL690. but the viewfinder is hazy and dirty. I too couldn't find instructions on how to remove the top, even though I have a service manual. Shout out to you and many thanks.
I tried this on the GM670 and it works for that camera too! I wish I remembered which way the patch moves when turning the screw clockwise or counterclockwise, but I forgot. I do know it only takes very minor adjustments to align it properly. In my case the screw was glued down to keep it in place. If that’s the case then use a knife and tweezers to remove the glue.
Worthwhile guide, good video. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you for this video. My GW690II had some haze in the viewfinder. I used your instructions to remove the top plate and clean all of the easy to get to glass surfaces. Only difference was the wires connecting the camera to the hot shoe as I lifted the top plate. Made it a little difficult as I couldn’t lift the top plate very far from the body, but it worked. Thanks again!
Evan Fluty I’m glad my video helped. Thanks for stopping by and happy shooting!
Could you adjust the RF on the GW690II only by removing the shoe?
@@georgehenric3069 My GW690II has no external screws to remove the hot shoe so unlikely it comes off without removing the top plate first.
It did come far enough off though to just clear the windows for cleaning? Did you remove the front viewfinder condenser lens to clean behind it? Looks like just 2 Philips head screws retaining it once the top plate is off.
good to know! i just got a GW690ii with hazy viewfinder which is definitely going to annoy me so happy to hear the procedure works on that model too
Dude! Yes! I’d love to see a video on this camera of how to get to/clean the rear lens. Mine has a small amount of haze but I don’t just want to dive in and ruin anything.
I would love to see the adjustment being done and how it looks thru the viewfinder. also, How do you know if the light seals are still good? have you replaced the seals on this camera?
Great video, I have the same camera
It's a beautiful monster of a camera! Thanks for stopping by!
thank you sir
Thanks for this man! Do you have a video on how to disassemble Fujinon S f3.5 100mm?
Great help，tkx
Okay, good job, now pull the lens apart. A lot of these on eBay with haze or fungus.
Any chance you can show the lens hood disassembly?
Just for clarification, those are JIS screws, not phillips head - phillips will strip them very quickly. Great video - I had mine apart to fix the "sproing" sound :)
How do you fix that? Mine does it.
@@bjmarchives I used some butyl on the plate below the cocking spring, which cut the sound in half. Many think it's the shutter counter, but it is not.
Hey Dave! Thanks for this video-- super helpful! I'm having trouble getting the rangefinder adjusting screws to turn on my GL690. I heard someone mention that the screws can sometimes be glued down, so I'm trying to remove the top cover but I'm just having a horrible time getting the top of the shutter release off. I've tried doing it by hand to trying pliers and its just not budging, any thoughts?
Maybe try a piece of rubber. I have a set of rubber cups that make removing things like that super easy. I’ve also used a jar opener. It’s a thin piece of grippy material that really helps.
Also be very careful with those screws. After making this video I was made aware of jis screwdrivers. They are probably the correct type to use for these cameras but luckily I had no trouble with my regular screwdrivers.
I use a little grippy rubber ball I bought to remove watch backs.
hello! Do you know how to remove the front element of the camera?
Thank u
hi there,have you encounter the curtain problem on your 6x9?because i am experiencing curtain problem and i think something is broke inside..
Hey dude, any idea which size the horizontal adjustment screw is? The screwdriver I used to get down to it doesn't fit 😖
Very good video! Unfortunately, the shutter doesn't work on my camera. The camera fires but the shutter does not open. I can therefore not transport the film any further. Is there anything I can repair myself?
@DaveMontejano could you please please please make a video on how to disassembly the lens elements for cleaning? I need to clean a tiny fungus but havent found much on how should I open this and if its too complicated.
ruclips.net/video/SGdNf_621Jg/видео.html
Thanks for this video. Do you recommend any online resources showing how to adjust the rangefinder?
Tinkerbell Can’t remember where I found this info but the easiest way to do it would be to set your focus to infinity and point your camera at something far away. Then adjust the screws as needed. Or you can choose a shorter length on your focus ring and with a tape measure and tripod adjust your rangefinder as needed. I hope that makes sense.
I am looking to buy this camera. Do I have to adjust this camera when I buy it or can I just go out and shoot it with no worries? Thanks!
Great vid...Does the GSW690III have the same adjustment screws?
Not too sure about the other models.
Thanks! Just got this camera today. The first version. Quick question: do you have any experience cleaning the dust out of the front elements? The front group screws right off and then a lens spanner wrench should remove the front element. I just haven’t tried yet.
Not with this one specifically but it’s usually as simple as needing a spanner or some rubber cups to remove elements and retaining rings. I always recommend wearing latex or similar gloves when cleaning internal glass. Those finger oils get everywhere. Good luck!
Thanks Dave.
Hej Dave, many thanks for this video. The front glas cleaning of my GW670 II was a full success. The reason I tried to open up the camera was a rattling noise. It is a small metallic part, that went loose. Rectangular in shape (side length 5-6mm), with a stamped, extruding hole in the middle. Your video shows it is somehow attached to one of the prism lenses with the hole in the middle. Is it glued to the lens? Is it necessary? what does it do at all? Any ideas are very much appreciated. :)
No clue. Sorry!
Probably not much help 1 year later, but to anyone else reading about this issue, I had the same problem with a gw680iii. Referencing the repair manual for the gw690iii or ii which can be easily found online, it is part ref no. 5-8 which is labeled "Aperture barrel" I'm pretty sure this prevents stray light from the rangefinder chamber from interfering with your view in the viewfinder. With it removed, the part was rattling and moving around blocking portions of the framelines where it lay. The rangefinder dot was also splitting into two dots which would become hard to focus in strong backlight. It appears to be glued directly to the front of the lens you mention with the oval-ish front hole in a horizontal orientation and the long side of the tube laying inward to the lens (based on the old glue stains, the repair manual is not detailed enough to show the part clearly). I just attached it back to the front of the lens it came from using tweezers with some (very little) loctite glue applied with the tip of a toothpick. My application may not have been perfect, but the view of the now singular rangefinder dot is much improved and easier to see in backlit situations. And thanks for this video Dave, an immense help in giving me the confidence to repair the issue myself on a pretty expensive camera I was scared to brick.
8:05 If your tiny spring goes sprong and you can't find it, even after dragging a giant magnet across the floor, then you're going to have to make a new one. To make a new spring, you need jewelry pliers, a pair of magnifying glasses, and .2mm stainless spring wire. It's a fidgety job but it can be done. The size is .2mm not .4mm...
Perfect timing, just bought one and was wondering if I could adjust the rangefinder by myself if anything is off. :)
mrharpman as of now it is the only video on RUclips. I recently bought mine as well and noticed at infinity that the alignment was off. I had to dig through super old forums to get enough info to make this video. I’m glad it’s helping folks. Thanks for stopping by!
Buster Photo So helpful man! Just bought a broken Nimlso 3d and repaired it myself. I recorded everything too, but still have to cut the video. I really love the idea of helping the community and keep these old cameras alive.
I haven’t mine received yet but the seller said that the lens has some minor dust inside. Do you have any instructions to open it up?
mrharpman Thankfully both of my copies have no dust in the lens. So I don’t know much about dismantling the lens.
Sorry for bothering you again man, but sources on service instructions are pretty non existing.
Is it normal for the rangefinderpatch to be blurry with no sharp edges? I‘m used to my leica and there they are perfectly sharp.
mrharpman one of mine does have a bit of a soft circle. But that’s the one that seems to have a dirty film on the inner glass. My nice one is way more defined.
When moving the two little range finder screws how do you tell if the range finder is adjusted properly.
Alan in the UK.
Probably with a ground glass or equivalent in the film position with the camera back open (and shutter of course), then match the viewfinder image with the ground glass image.
I’ve got a fujica G690 BLP that I want to repair. For some reason the screen is loose at the right side. Are you familiar with this camera and or issue?
Thanks ❤
Is it easy to access the spool?
Since the GW690II has a hot shoe will these instructions be the same aside from the wires going to the hot shoe?
I tried to remove the tiny Philips screws but they're in way too tight. I didn't want to strip the head. I guess I can use some penetrating oil to loosen them but I just don't want to take a chance.
Those screws are not philips, they are JIS - so just pick up a set of those and they will be far more effective along with a q-tip of 91% alcohol to break them free.
Hi Dave, I hope you're well. Quick question. I just received my GW690ii in the post today andlens looks missaligned. As in it doesn't close flush, there's a gap that is still visible. Is this something that can be easily fixed?
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. This camera doesn't close. Its a fixed lens. Otherwise I don't know much about fixing other issues with this camera besides the rangefinder calibration.
Hi Buster, video was excellent for top disassembly and cleaning, but your headline said rangefinder adjust and I didn’t actually see any thing on making the adjustment. You showed where the screws were and which one was horizontal and/or vertical, but as per the title, I was hoping to see the actual adjustment process . Any chance you might be able to make a video for that? Again, rest of the info was top notch. Cheers
I really should have added some more on this in the original video. The easiest way to do this is to find something really far away and focus to infinity. I find palm trees are best here in Los Angeles since they have easy vertical lines and the top makes horizontal line easy. Once you have your far away thing and are at infinity its all a matter of seeing how off it is and slowly adjust screws as needed. With top off you just do tiny adjustments as you go. I'm sure there is a more official repair shop way of doing this, but for the at home do it yourselfer like me its always worked out. I hope this gives you some better idea of how to adjust your rangefinder. Thanks for stopping by.
Buster Photo , appreciate the reply and the tips for rangefinder adjustments. I also have a Canon AE-1 Program my dad gave me after he quit doing photography. After seeing your video on said camera, realize it’s time to put it to use and burn some film. Love your vids! Cheers , Bart
Are you sure the screwdriwer needs to be Phillips one and not a JIS?
You are correct, Phillips don't exist in Japan. All japan cameras have JIS Japan Industry Standard screws.
Would your instruction work with GL690 pro? Just got it and range finder doesn’t align well..
Not that familiar with that camera friend.
@@DaveMontejano it worked perfectly! thank you, now my vertical plate is aligned too!
@@NuraliKushkov Gonna try this with my GL960 too. And oh do you know a link where theres an instruction on how to open Funinon S 100mm f3.5?
@@TheKleiss no idea mate 🤷♂️
Just ordered my GW690II. How would I know, if my range finder is off? Are the pics simply out of focus? And how would I know in which direction to turn the screws? Also, as the II has a hot shoe, do you know if the procedure in general is the same?
Punkfurt best way to check if your rangefinder is off is to pick something really far away and focus to infinity. The you can see how the images line up. Or for something closer you need to set a distance on your lens then measure an object the same distance away from your camera. As for adjusting I forget which way is which but I would just do tiny turns and see if the misalignment is getting better or worse. I’m not sure how the hot shoe will work on the II. But maybe you don’t need to remove the top plate to adjust the rangefinder. Or adjust at all.
@@DaveMontejano Hmm … I thought, the misalignment happens between the rangefinder and the actual lens, in a way that the viewfinder shows a sharp image, but the photo isn't really in focus. If it's just off the scale, I don't mind too much …
Punkfurt if the viewfinder is showing perfect alignment, and we can rule out camera shake, and the resulting picture is blurry then the rangefinder is not properly calibrated. That’s why checking at infinity is usually the easiest and quickest way to check. If it’s off at infinity it will very likely be off at other distances.
Did you find out if it is possible to adjust the RF without removing the entire top?
Is this process still the same for the GW690 iii ?
Almost! There’s one screw you can only access by opening the back and it’ll be on the right side. III has hot shoe so there is a wire connecting it to the top but you can unscrew it. I just left it on dangling. The spring he mentioned definitely pops off easily. Mine popped off, took me hours to find it and now I have no idea how to put it back hahaha. Oh well.
I know this is an old video but as some have been asking about the lens, here's one of the best videos for the 100mm f3.5 and might help others: ruclips.net/video/SGdNf_621Jg/видео.html
You left out so many steps and much needed advise. You loosen the slotted screw before turning the cross screw. Then you check close focus. Yes, your GW690 rangefinder can be perfect at infinity and off at 1 meter or vice versa after any adjustments are done. Lens must be adjusted for 1 meter focus. You do that on the other end of the rangefinder, then you must check your infinity again. Sometimes you have to go back and forth a few times. If you or anyone gets offended by my comment, that's ok with me. At lest you read it and now you know.
Thank you for the needed extra information. I’m just a small channel trying to provide information. I always welcome corrections and extra info. Thank you for your comment!
Thank you so much for this video. It helped me safely open and close the camera. My issue was that my frame was not moving with the adjustment of focus. If anyone else has that issue then open the camera up and the spring that he points to in this video is moving via the interlock lever. The interlock lever is the issue. I could see the spring just moving one way only when I manually changed the frame with my fingers. In this Manual learncamerarepair.com/downloads/pdf/Fuji-690II-Service.pdf you can have a better understanding. Basically on page 5 it tells you to just bend the interlock lever head. It took me a while to figure out exactly what I was looking for but it is also in the diagram on page 43 in section 5-47. I pretty much just bent it so slightly, nearly poked it a few times and it fell into place. You can also take a look at it from behind the camera and see these screws that are suppose to move with the lever. Good luck!
Hi, i have a similar problem . When i focus with the camera, the framelines start to move but suddenly they drop at around 2m. Then when i focus back to infinity they move up, do you think is the little spring or the interlock lever? Should i dismount the rangefinder top plate to access this interlock lever?
@@MrTamix74 Hey, it does sound pretty similar to my issue. When I would move the frame manually to 1 meter I was then able to focus via the lens back to infinity. So sounds like it is the interlock lever to me. Dismounting, my guess at least, is the best option to figure out whats going on.
@@2croach i figured it out, i have the g690 bl which is an erlier model, so when i opened the camera i saw that is quite different but similar in a way. A smal pinn was bent and out of place and i finally pushed it whith a tweezer and now it works. I hope it will stay in place. If it loosens i need to get the rangefinder off to reach it but i dont want, so i hope it stays as it is now :))