Canonet GIII QL17 Black - Ripped

[Atto]

Hello,
My name is Nicolás, from Argentina. Recently I've acquired my lovely Black Canonet. Things to do first at all, replace the seals, fortunately came with the replacements.

Also the viewfinder was a little foggy, so I told myself 'You are ripping it... go further'.


I hope this pics could be helpful for those who own a Canonet.

I've used 'ear cotton', alcohol -isopropyl recommended-, and the always hepful lenspen specially to remove the dust.

 

[gb hill]

Sweet! Have you got it back together yet? Welcome to the forum. I have a silver & black GIII.

 

[Atto]

Replacing seals is easy

I recommend to remove also the backdoor.

Ready!

Now I leave you some pics looking through

Look the needle when is metering the light.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6eW4DhUeUa8

that is all.

 

[Solinar]

This camera really looks good in black, a keeper for sure.

 

[Atto]

Some pics of my Canonet, in this case in one single piece.

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[ruben]

Hi Nicolas,

Welcome to RFF. I have loved your rich step by step explanation. You are mostly invited to repeate it with other cameras in the future.

Cheers,
Ruben

 

[AshenLight]

Hi Nicholas,

Welcome and thanks for the great instructions. I have 2 chrome and black QL17s... not nearly as pretty as your all black version. I hope you enjoy shooting with your QL17 as much as I enjoy mine. Its a great camera.

 

[Bill58]

Nicholas:

You may have properly resealed your sweet black QL17 by now, but here's some great directions from "Prof." Jon Goodman: http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/seal/Canon_CanonetGIII.pdf


Buena suerte,
Bill

 

[Atto]

Thank you all for your messages.

Bill in deed I've used John Goodman's instructions.

 

[schrackman]

That's one sweet black Canonet! One of these days I'll have to change the light seals on my GIII too, but it's not a problem yet. My viewfinder, on the other hand, sure did need cleaning. After about a year and a half I finally got the courage to take off the top and clean it, and boy what a difference! I wish I had done it much sooner.

Ray

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Nice work! I love this camera...