gerryk
Newbie
I'm a newbie to this forum and the rangefinder world in general, so I'd beg your patience.
I recently acquired a GSN off eBay, and due to inexperience, didn't know what questions to ask to ascertain working order. When it arrived, all it would do is click when I tried to fire the shutter. On recommendation from Yashica Guy (and taking inspiration from this post) attempted the Pad of Death replacement. Sadly it doesn't seem to have worked... here is the story so far
1. The shutter does not fire. There is a little click which can be felt through the lens.
2. When winding on, the click was fairly loud. Since replacing the pad, it is much quieter.
3. The battery check light worked at first, then stopped working. I attribute this to the battery running down as a result of the original pad being degraded, which it was.
4. The 'over' and 'slow' lights seemed fine at first... using easy to predict lighting conditions, they seemed to indicate exposures that were reasonable. After a while, they became less predictable... sometimes not lighting at all, even on 'B'.
5. All other mechanics seem to work fine... aperture, focus etc.
Since the second pad replacement, the shutter release seems a little stiff. Is it possible that the dimensions are still a little off? Exactly what sort of tolerance are we dealing with here?
Aside from that, I'm pretty blown away by the build quality of this camera. In terms of construction, it's almost overengineered... it wouldn't surprise me if these are still in use many years hence. Overengineered apart from the plastics that is, but we are talking '60s - '70s plastics technology here... they did well with what they had 🙂
Any advide would be greatly appreciated.
I recently acquired a GSN off eBay, and due to inexperience, didn't know what questions to ask to ascertain working order. When it arrived, all it would do is click when I tried to fire the shutter. On recommendation from Yashica Guy (and taking inspiration from this post) attempted the Pad of Death replacement. Sadly it doesn't seem to have worked... here is the story so far
1. The shutter does not fire. There is a little click which can be felt through the lens.
2. When winding on, the click was fairly loud. Since replacing the pad, it is much quieter.
3. The battery check light worked at first, then stopped working. I attribute this to the battery running down as a result of the original pad being degraded, which it was.
4. The 'over' and 'slow' lights seemed fine at first... using easy to predict lighting conditions, they seemed to indicate exposures that were reasonable. After a while, they became less predictable... sometimes not lighting at all, even on 'B'.
5. All other mechanics seem to work fine... aperture, focus etc.
Since the second pad replacement, the shutter release seems a little stiff. Is it possible that the dimensions are still a little off? Exactly what sort of tolerance are we dealing with here?
Aside from that, I'm pretty blown away by the build quality of this camera. In terms of construction, it's almost overengineered... it wouldn't surprise me if these are still in use many years hence. Overengineered apart from the plastics that is, but we are talking '60s - '70s plastics technology here... they did well with what they had 🙂
Any advide would be greatly appreciated.
