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I have picked up a very cheap original Canonet, with the lever on the bottom.
Cosmetically it looks very good. Almost unused, with lens cap, no scratches, everything turns 'smoothly'. Rangefinder patch is a bit dull, but seems aligned. The inside is very clean.
However, I can't seem to get lens aperture blades to do anything - open or close when moving the aperture ring, or fire when the shutter button is pressed. The shutter button works, at least it seems to. Sometimes it doesn't seem to press down, but I think I may have the lock on? At other times the button seems to stay locked down. At other times I can repeatedly press the shutter button down, without having to rewind. At other times the rewind doesn't move, so I'm not so sure... perhaps I have some setting engaged?
I'm not even sure what some of the settings on the lens even do. For example, there is a little switch with orange coloured X at one end and M at the other. I've attached a couple of screenshots, with circles around the 'mystery' (to me) features.
Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong, or is the camera stuffed?
I have a good camera repair person available to me, but I don't think it's worth spending much on fixing this, if it's at fault.
I should also say, that I haven't put any film in this yet.
Thanks.
Cosmetically it looks very good. Almost unused, with lens cap, no scratches, everything turns 'smoothly'. Rangefinder patch is a bit dull, but seems aligned. The inside is very clean.
However, I can't seem to get lens aperture blades to do anything - open or close when moving the aperture ring, or fire when the shutter button is pressed. The shutter button works, at least it seems to. Sometimes it doesn't seem to press down, but I think I may have the lock on? At other times the button seems to stay locked down. At other times I can repeatedly press the shutter button down, without having to rewind. At other times the rewind doesn't move, so I'm not so sure... perhaps I have some setting engaged?
I'm not even sure what some of the settings on the lens even do. For example, there is a little switch with orange coloured X at one end and M at the other. I've attached a couple of screenshots, with circles around the 'mystery' (to me) features.
Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong, or is the camera stuffed?
I have a good camera repair person available to me, but I don't think it's worth spending much on fixing this, if it's at fault.
I should also say, that I haven't put any film in this yet.
Thanks.

