Removing the Front Flange on a Minolta Xe-7
- 1). Place the camera on a table or other flat surface. Press the lens-release button that is located on the upper right corner, next to the lens, on the front of the camera.
- 2). Turn the lens counterclockwise as far as it will turn and then left the lens off and out of the mount. Set the lens aside.
- 3). Find and the four screws that are used to secure the lens mount flange to the camera. The screws are located in each corner of the flange.
- 4). Remove each of the screws with the Phillips-head screwdriver. Put the screws in a safe place where you will not lose them.
- 5). Pull the lens mount flange off of the camera and set it aside. Set the flange back into place and tighten the screws when you are ready to re-attach it to the camera.
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