Kat
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Hi,
After having given up search of my sister's old canonet last year, I found it in the least likely place today--my own drawer (used to be hers, but she thought she had left it in another house). I can't for the life of me figure why I never saw or noticed it before. Anyway, it turned out to be a QL 19, old version, I'm guessing, it's a little bigger than my Minolta HiMatic 9. Anyway, the condition isn't too great, I see spots on the metal of the body, but the lens look very clean, it had a skylight filter on. I played with it for a while, the shutter seems to work fine, except that at 1s it seems to stay open a little too long. The VF/RF looks dirty and it's a little hard to see the patch.
Anyway, I do have an "unknown condition" GIII coming, and several other RFs so I don't really need another, but this camera was used to take my childhood pics, so for sentimental and historical value, I figured I could at least give it a shot to get it working again.
Anyway, do you guys have any tips on how do I clean up the RF/VF?
What's safe to use to clean up the body?
Also, does anyone have the manual for this? I have the one for the GIII, but the design of the newer camera seems different from this one.
After having given up search of my sister's old canonet last year, I found it in the least likely place today--my own drawer (used to be hers, but she thought she had left it in another house). I can't for the life of me figure why I never saw or noticed it before. Anyway, it turned out to be a QL 19, old version, I'm guessing, it's a little bigger than my Minolta HiMatic 9. Anyway, the condition isn't too great, I see spots on the metal of the body, but the lens look very clean, it had a skylight filter on. I played with it for a while, the shutter seems to work fine, except that at 1s it seems to stay open a little too long. The VF/RF looks dirty and it's a little hard to see the patch.
Anyway, I do have an "unknown condition" GIII coming, and several other RFs so I don't really need another, but this camera was used to take my childhood pics, so for sentimental and historical value, I figured I could at least give it a shot to get it working again.
Anyway, do you guys have any tips on how do I clean up the RF/VF?
What's safe to use to clean up the body?
Also, does anyone have the manual for this? I have the one for the GIII, but the design of the newer camera seems different from this one.
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