Canonet S

[Kim Coxon]

Hi,
A few months ago, I bought what I thought was one of the larger, early QL17s. When it arrived, I found that the iris was slightly sticky. As it was cheap, I wasn't bothered and put it on the side to have a look at when I had more time. I have just had another look and was a little surprised because I noticed the engraving on the top was 17 not QL17 and when I opened it , there was no quick load mech. Having looked in the Canon Museum Website, I think it must be one of the short lived Canonet S's. Does anyone have any more info on these, such as numbers produced and scarcity value? As I said, I was going to have a look at myself, but if it is a bit of a rarity, I will probably get my friendly pro repair man to look at for me.

Kim

 

[farmersteve]

I have a Canonet S that I've had for a couple of years. The meter works pretty good, but the shutter and aperture blades are stuck (typical Canonet). I want to get into the lens barrel and try and free the blades so I can use this camera. If anyone has any information on a Canonet S, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Kim Coxon]

I have a Canonet S that I've had for a couple of years. The meter works pretty good, but the shutter and aperture blades are stuck (typical Canonet). I want to get into the lens barrel and try and free the blades so I can use this camera. If anyone has any information on a Canonet S, I'd appreciate it.

Hi,
In the end I decided to sort the problem myself having "practised" on a couple of the later small ones. The early series are much easier to work on. If you still want some info or a how to do it, I will try and put something together either here or point you to my website.

Regards
Kim