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Hi,
I have an original Canonet with a very dull focusing mirror. It appears to be losing its reflectiveness. If that's a word??? I've cleaned it thoroughly, but was wondering if a re-mirror of it would bring it back better. Has anyone done this, or is there something else I can do to improve it?

Thanks,
Ben
 
Bearing in mind the cost of resilvering, you would be better off trying to find another parts camera or a complete one in better condition. Which model is it?

Kim
 
Thanks Kim,

It's the very original canonet with a f1.9 lens. Does this model actually have another name? People keep asking me. Do you know if it possible to simply get a new square piece of mirror and attach it?

Cheers,
Ben
 
I thought in your original post, you mentioned a problem with the battery. The original Canonets had a selenium cell and therefore no battery. 😕

You might want to look at this page http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/series_net.html at the "Canon Museum". Hopefully, you should be able to tell which it is. I do have a couple of parts cameras and might be able to help.

Kim

theoneills said:
Thanks Kim,

It's the very original canonet with a f1.9 lens. Does this model actually have another name? People keep asking me. Do you know if it possible to simply get a new square piece of mirror and attach it?

Cheers,
Ben
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Kim,

I did originally ask about the battery...turns out I'm an idiot. I still find it hard to believe a meter exists that doesn't need a battery. And after taking the top off the other day, I'm even more amazed about it's workings. The miraculous way it prevents you from taking photos of poor exposure, is simply brilliant.

Its the very plain Canonet on that site with selenium cell around the lens.

Thanks,
Ben
 
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