Carterofmars
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I have a Canonet QL17, and occasionally now the needle in the view finder drops down to F16 no mater the light strength being metered. With a little jostling or by playing with the aperture and speed rings a bit, the meter seems to start reacting normally.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I suspected the battery so I swapped a new Wein Cell... same problem occurring.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I suspected the battery so I swapped a new Wein Cell... same problem occurring.
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FallisPhoto
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I have a Canonet QL17, and occasionally now the needle in the view finder drops down to F16 no mater the light strength being metered. With a little jostling or by playing with the aperture and speed rings a bit, the meter seems to start reacting normally.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I suspected the battery so I swapped a new Wein Cell... same problem occurring.
Sounds like you have a broken wire or a bad connection somewhere. Intermittent faults are a pain to fix. I'd suspect the wires that attach to the battery compartment. Sounds like what happens when someone stores the camera with a leaky battery and it corrodes the wires. Even if you clean out the compartment later, the corrosion is still in the wires and it keeps corroding.
Carterofmars
Well-known
Now the shutter won't release. I posted another string in this forum "Shutter won't snap".
Wonder if this could be related to the meter issue I was noticing?
Hummm....
It is probably not related to the meter. The shutter blades get some dried gunk on them and freeze up.
FallisPhoto
Veteran
Now the shutter won't release. I posted another string in this forum "Shutter won't snap".
Wonder if this could be related to the meter issue I was noticing?
Hummm....
It might, but it's doubtful. Is there any movement at all in the shutter?