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NickT
Hi all,
My cousin's wife gave me her late father's Electro 35 GT a few months ago. I repaired the light seals, popped in a new battery and took it out on a shoot round London last weekend. The results were really good, exposure fine (except against the light), colours bright, very nice indeed. I'll keep this along with my FD Canons and the Oly XA.
I've noticed one strange thing whilst playing with it without a film in. If I set the focus distance to the shortest it will go (i.e beyond 0.8m/ 2.6 ft and up against the stop), then if cock the shutter and press the shutter release, it fires - do it a second time the shutter doesn't fire, nor does it again on subsequent winds unless I move the focus distance to just greater than 0.8m/2'. As I move the focus ring past that setting there's a 'click' and then the normal wind/fire sequence is restored.
It's no big deal as a problem, as I've never wanted to photograph a subject at less than 2.6 feet, but it is odd. Why would the focussing distance affect the shutter?
Has anyone else come across this little quirk?
Regards
Nick
My cousin's wife gave me her late father's Electro 35 GT a few months ago. I repaired the light seals, popped in a new battery and took it out on a shoot round London last weekend. The results were really good, exposure fine (except against the light), colours bright, very nice indeed. I'll keep this along with my FD Canons and the Oly XA.
I've noticed one strange thing whilst playing with it without a film in. If I set the focus distance to the shortest it will go (i.e beyond 0.8m/ 2.6 ft and up against the stop), then if cock the shutter and press the shutter release, it fires - do it a second time the shutter doesn't fire, nor does it again on subsequent winds unless I move the focus distance to just greater than 0.8m/2'. As I move the focus ring past that setting there's a 'click' and then the normal wind/fire sequence is restored.
It's no big deal as a problem, as I've never wanted to photograph a subject at less than 2.6 feet, but it is odd. Why would the focussing distance affect the shutter?
Has anyone else come across this little quirk?
Regards
Nick