Scatto — film camera repair AI

Have you got a diagram of the Olympus XA2 shutter blades?

Olympus XA2 exploded plate with the shutter casing, sector blades and blade fastener numbered

1shutter casing CE343700 — blades sit in the slot at its rear
2sector blades SC0286 — the pair, stacked on their pivot pins
3blade fastener SC0287 — retaining plate, three PUK1.7x4SN screws

I need to check the meter on a Nikon FM2, could you share the metering setup and values?

Bench figures — FM2 meter setup

Gamma adjust (VR #105): EV15 — 50mm f/1.4, ASA 100, 1/500 s, f/8
Shift adjust (VR #106): EV4 — 50mm f/1.4, ASA 100, 1/2 s, f/2.8
Verification points: EV 4, 6, 9, 11 and 15, ASA 100
Correct-exposure zone: centre LED alone, ±0.5 EV
Dead zone: 0.3 – 0.6 EV
Two-LED zone: 0.7 – 1.1 EV
FRE resistance (GND–yellow #1064): 1.35 kΩ ±0.2 kΩ at f/2; 0.6 kΩ ±0.1 kΩ at f/1.6 (1 s, ASA 100)

I have attached a picture of my AE-1 — what needs unsoldering so I can remove the mirror box?

Canon AE-1 flexible circuit with eight solder joints circled and numbered

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Film cameras were built to last lifetimes, but the expertise to repair them wasn't. As the original technicians retire, what they know is quietly disappearing, and with it the future of these cameras. Our mission is to stop that. Working alongside technicians, we've built a knowledge base of over 150,000 pages of service data across 896 models, and made it something you can actually ask.

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