KOWA - Kowa Super 66 Service Manual
Complete service manual for technicians and maintenance professionals working with the Kowa Super 66 medium format camera (model KIN2C4). This workshop manual covers all mechanical systems and provides detailed adjustment and troubleshooting procedures essential for professional repair and restoration work.
Part One explains the principal mechanisms: film advance, shutter, reflex mirror, light shield plate, mechanical couplings between camera body and film magazine, and the multiple exposure function. Part Two addresses technical adjustments with precise calibration procedures for the main drive shaft, reflex mirror, air damper, multiple exposure settings, light shield plate, and frame counter, detailing both assembly and alignment steps. Part Three guides disassembly of camera body components on both right and left sides, including corresponding sections of the film magazine.
Part Four is dedicated to troubleshooting, identifying common failures in film advance, shutter release, and frame counter operation, then presenting detailed repair methods with practical solutions for each issue. An appendix listing specialized tools rounds out the manual. Technical diagrams and schematics throughout the text support understanding of maintenance and repair operations. This resource is indispensable for anyone undertaking restoration, maintenance, or repair of this medium format camera.
Table of Contents:
- Part-I Explanation of Principal Mechanisms
- 1. Film Advance
- 2. Shutter, Mirror, Light Shield Plate
- 3. Shutter Release
- 4. Mechanical Couplings of Camera Body and Film Magazine and Safety Device
- 5. Multiple Exposure
- 6. Sequence of Shutter, Diaphragm, Mirror, Light Shield Functions
- Part-II Adjustments
- 1. Main Driving Shaft
- 1-1 Engagement between 124 and 460
- 1-2 Main Drive Shaft Function
- 1-3 Tensioning of 190-Main-Driving-Coil-Spring
- 1-4 Positioning of 124-Gear and 5010C-Gear Sub. Assy.
- 1-5 Strokes of Shutter Setting and Releasing
- 2. Reflex Mirror
- 2-1 Function of 5036B
- 2-2 Bonding-Reflex Mirror
- 2-3 Sequence of Reflex Mirror Function
- 3. Air Damper
- 4. Multiple Exposure
- 5. Light Shield Plate
- 5-1 Building-up and Adjustments
- 5-2 Meshing between 5293B and 5095B
- 5-3 Fixing 5297B and Adjusting Light Shield Function
- 6. Frame Counter
- 6-1 Prechecking and Adjustment
- 6-2 5273-Frame-Counter-Gear
- 6-3 Assembly and Adjustment of 5291
- 6-4 5273-Frame-Counter-Gear
- 6-5 Film Start Position Adjustment
- 7. Film Magazine and Camera Body Couplings
- 7-1 Positioning and Connecting
- 7-2 Intermeshing between 5014A and 5293B
- 7-3 Hooks
- 7-4 85- and 94- Screws
- 7-5 5098-Safety-Lock-Pin Sub.Assy.
- 7-6 5245-Signal-Lever and 5041-Signal-Plate
- 7-7 Automatic Safety Lock in Lens Interchanging
- 7-8 Automatic Safety Device for Shutter Release Button
- 8. Flange Back, Film Plane
- 8-1 Flange Back of Camera
- 8-2 Flange Back of Lens
- 8-3 Focusing Screen
- 8-4 Film Plane and Guide Rollers
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Document Details
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- Category
- Photography