I bought this functioning (near as I can tell) Minolta SRT201 on eBay for $5.50 for one purpose only: To take it apart. Not completely, but just enough to get a good look at what's inside. I have no intention of putting it back together, a reality that makes the disassembly easier and way more fun.

It's a work in progress... or, maybe I should say, a work in de-progress? Here are the first few pictures, perhaps the highest resolution photos of a topless SRT201 ever posted. Click on a picture to see it even bigger.

The top:

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The bottom:

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The prism:

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Later steps:

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