Hi Alan, That was very helpful. I opened a camera for the first time in my life and managed to put it back. I have to wait and see if it continues to work and expose film correctly :)
Just wanted to point out that there are infact more screws to be removed: >2) Remove all screws (5) on the top, + 1 screw inside the battery >compartment. There are 7 screws in addition to the 1 screw inside the battery compartment. These extra 2 screws are on the sides, near the strap lugs. Also, I was concerned whether the top will be clipped (some snap-fit type of cover) and whether I should use any force to remove the top-cover or not. Much like you have to do while opening walkmans, tv, vcr, music systems etc. But no, once you open all the 8 screws, the top just comes off. Also, it comes off with the Tv, Av and mode dials within the cover. I thought that I might have to slide the cover or life it at some angle to leave those dials on the body but no they come with the cover. Again my bias was based upon having opened a few bigger electronic gadgets. All in all a very satisfying weekend. Here in India, nobody that I have shown the PZ-1 had seen it before :) So very pleased to have repaired it myself. Finally, just a quick question: the camera gave me "E" when I closed the back of the film compartment (without a film) after I put back everything. This never used to happen before. Did I mess up something? Of course, when I loaded film, there was no Error message. Now I have to wait to finish the film but the E sort of scares me. Thanks Alan, I really appreciate your help. Gaurav -----Original Message----- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 4:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PZ-1 viewfinder problem I forgot to mention, the hot shoe cover must be removed or the top won't come off. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/Z1p-eyepiece1.jpg >http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/Z1p-eyepiece2.jpg >http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/Z1p-inside.jpg > >1 of the 2 coated elements might got loosen. You can try to clip them >in >place. If they were broken, just buy the eyepiece assembly from Pentax and >replace it yourself. I think it costs less than USD20. > >1) Remove the flash cover (there are a clip & a screw on both side. The >clips are fragile so be careful) and push the flash back in. >2) Remove all screws (5) on the top, + 1 screw inside the battery >compartment. >3) Life the top carefully and never ever touch any contacts inside. They >are extremely fragile. >4) Now you can remove the entire eyepiece assembly (2 screws) and work with >it. > >Alan Chan >http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
