Bobbo
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Hi everyone! How are you? Oh, that's good. I know, I haven't been around too much lately. How am I? I'm about to punt this Canonet QL17 G-III out the window, but otherwise okay, thanks for asking:bang: .
What's wrong with the Canonet that I want to practice my Jeff Feagles impression with? It's the stereotypical sticky shutter. It was intermittent for about a month or so, and yesterday it was working fine. Now (as in half an hour ago) I load some film, and nothing. I've tried firing it about 100 times, and it just sits there looking at me like a narcoleptic weiner dog.
Problem is, I can't get into the shutter to clean it. I get the front element off and I can't go any further that way, and I can't get my spanners in the back to take out the rear group. WTF do I do now? I can't take the whole thing apart (as in the entire lens-shutter section away from the body) because I just put a new covering on it (thought it cleared up, but now after a month it isn't working again).
I'm not sending it to be fixed. I paid about $20 for it, so it isn't worth it in any way, shape, or form after just the shipping costs anywhere (even the other side of town).
I'm about to say the hell with it, physically dropkick it out the 2nd story window, sell my Nikon F2 and MF lenses (which haven't seen much action lately), and my D70 (backup digi with which I've shot a whole of 25 shots in the last three months) and buy a Leica M4-2 and maybe a 35mm (if I have enough left over by the time I'm done with the Leica)
This Canonet is totally killing any of the fun I ever had with RF cams. Starting to really piss me off. Almost enough to ditch my film stuff completely and go buy that D2H I was looking at. At least that might be reliable for a while. Never had a problem with my D1H that couldn't be fixed by putting in a new battery or smacking it like a red-headed stepchild (sorry if anyone here is a redhead and was abused in their childhood by their stepfather, it's meant as a joke).
Okay, off to smack a Canonet... if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know before I hurt my camera (or my foot... or the window frame).
What's wrong with the Canonet that I want to practice my Jeff Feagles impression with? It's the stereotypical sticky shutter. It was intermittent for about a month or so, and yesterday it was working fine. Now (as in half an hour ago) I load some film, and nothing. I've tried firing it about 100 times, and it just sits there looking at me like a narcoleptic weiner dog.
Problem is, I can't get into the shutter to clean it. I get the front element off and I can't go any further that way, and I can't get my spanners in the back to take out the rear group. WTF do I do now? I can't take the whole thing apart (as in the entire lens-shutter section away from the body) because I just put a new covering on it (thought it cleared up, but now after a month it isn't working again).
I'm not sending it to be fixed. I paid about $20 for it, so it isn't worth it in any way, shape, or form after just the shipping costs anywhere (even the other side of town).
I'm about to say the hell with it, physically dropkick it out the 2nd story window, sell my Nikon F2 and MF lenses (which haven't seen much action lately), and my D70 (backup digi with which I've shot a whole of 25 shots in the last three months) and buy a Leica M4-2 and maybe a 35mm (if I have enough left over by the time I'm done with the Leica)
This Canonet is totally killing any of the fun I ever had with RF cams. Starting to really piss me off. Almost enough to ditch my film stuff completely and go buy that D2H I was looking at. At least that might be reliable for a while. Never had a problem with my D1H that couldn't be fixed by putting in a new battery or smacking it like a red-headed stepchild (sorry if anyone here is a redhead and was abused in their childhood by their stepfather, it's meant as a joke).
Okay, off to smack a Canonet... if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know before I hurt my camera (or my foot... or the window frame).
