R
Rob
Guest
Since so many of us have the Canonets, some are bound to use the Canolite D flash made for it. Once mounted to the camera and the flash is ready to fire the exposure meter needle in the viewfinder should smoothly move up and down varing the F stop according to the distance you are focusing at. That is if you focus on something close the Fstop needle will move towards F16 if the subject is further away the needle will move towards F1.7...This is a good system in that light behind your subject or a light colored subject will not fool the flash into underexposure. There are a few things to try if yours in not working correctly.
First remove the bottom plate of your camera and clean the two copper contacts that slide on a ring around the base of the lens. Go easy with q tips and contact cleaner or alcohol on both the ring and the contacts. Next under the camera top there are two copper contacts that contact the bottom of the hotshoe. Clean them and the contact area they touch on the hot shoe. Lastly the flash itself can cause problems. If you remove the two screws on the flash foot(careful a couple small parts will fall out) clean the spring contacts, the side contact and the two little metal contacts of the flash shoe. Uh, take those batteries out after firing the flash and let make sure it will not shock you before starting! I just got a Canolite D that had dirty contacts and that fixed my problem. These things must be pretty well built. I have had over time at least 6 of them, all worked fine...
Rob
First remove the bottom plate of your camera and clean the two copper contacts that slide on a ring around the base of the lens. Go easy with q tips and contact cleaner or alcohol on both the ring and the contacts. Next under the camera top there are two copper contacts that contact the bottom of the hotshoe. Clean them and the contact area they touch on the hot shoe. Lastly the flash itself can cause problems. If you remove the two screws on the flash foot(careful a couple small parts will fall out) clean the spring contacts, the side contact and the two little metal contacts of the flash shoe. Uh, take those batteries out after firing the flash and let make sure it will not shock you before starting! I just got a Canolite D that had dirty contacts and that fixed my problem. These things must be pretty well built. I have had over time at least 6 of them, all worked fine...
Rob