Description
Minolta X-700 Service Guide – A complete CLA and Tutorial guide for the Minolta X-700.
The guide has step by step instructions for servicing the camera and covers both cleaning, old foam removal and servicing of the shutter complete with authors notes explaining some of the operations and tips and tricks for repair. Containing 214 pages with hundreds of photographs including high resolution reference pictures and detailed descriptions covering all of the work required to service and CLA the Minolta X-700. The guide provides the novice to camera repair with full instructions in an easy to follow format complete with helpful advice.
You will require good quality JIS screwdrivers, a lower powered (18W) soldering iron, tools suitable for micro works like tweezers and pliers and ideally a calibrated light source and shutter tester capable of measuring curtain travel times to tune the camera. A full list of tools and materials required is covered in the guide.
The guide contains details on variants in production models but you are advised to acquire the factory technical manuals to complement this guide for more technical information. The factory service guides are available at learncamerarepair.com
The latest version of the guide includes replacement and repair for the capacitors and the frame counter.
Every effort has been made to make this guide simple and straightforward for the relative novice to camera repair and that includes using simplified terms for some items. However, vintage cameras can be very challenging at times and you will often have to rely on your own ability to debug any issues that may arise.
The guide has consumed around 80 hours of time to create and the charge for the guide is solely to cover bandwidth costs for the website.
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For further documentation on their original manufactures service guide see Lean Camera Repair
David Simon –
Very impressed with this guide, clearly a huge amount of work and knowledge went in to it’s creation. Loads of photos, not a single detail is missed, and best of all it’s written in a very approachable and easy to follow manner. You will not need anything more (aside from the correct tools of course) to tackle any repair on an X-700.