Canon rangefinder repair

[donkee]

While cruising the local garage sales yesterday I picked up a couple Canons.

1st is a Canonet QL17 that seems to be working fine except maybe the meter. I'll have to clean the contacts a bit more before testing but so far it looks like I'll only need to replace the seals. The meter isn't really necessary since I usually have a Sekonic meter with me and sunny-16 for the times I don't.

The 2nd is a great find. A Canon VI-T with a Canon 50mm f/1.2. After cleaning off the grunge is looks to be in pretty good shape. It sticks on the slow speeds, the lens has a small ding but looks pretty good so far.

I think I did pretty well at $4.00 for the pair.

I am really lovin' the VI-T so who could I send it to for an overhaul? I would love to get it running.

Some quick pics as promised.

The VI-T

The Canonet

 

[Archlich]

I just had Youxin Ye worked on my VI-L last month for $180.

 

[donkee]

Archlich, Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[Michael I.]

any idea who could work on a canon 7? Youxin says he doesn't, unfortunately

 

[Mackinaw]

any idea who could work on a canon 7? Youxin says he doesn't, unfortunately

Try Stephen Gandy's repair tech.

Jim B.

 

[Michael I.]

Thanks for the tip!

 

[kzphoto]

There's a canon 7 repair manual floating around the internet if you're interested in working on it yourself.

http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/repairmanuals.html