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I found something on another site, unfortunately this place keeps giving me an error for what I pasted in so I'll try the link... Nope, this place is off the deep end viewing camera text as "Spam," so I give up trying to share. Did that exercise and even though the battery checked good on a battery check meter, barely registered half way on the battery check on the camera. Went and picked up a new battery, did this battery check described above and the meter went to the top and test fired the shutter and it fired perfectly and as expected! Thanks for all the feedback from everyone! Cheers!

Another good tip... Will do, thanks for that one Chuck. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have some better news.

Okay... Good Tip... I'll pick up a couple of new batteries tomorrow... I do sometimes wonder about these battery check meters and if they are accurate. I'll report back tomorrow evening after work to let everyone know what I found out with a brand new cell in the camera. Thanks!

Good tip... Yes, metered the battery and showing a full charge. Put it into one of my A1's and the A1's digital readout is there. One fellow who pointed me here thought it could be one of two things that he could think of... Short in the wiring or the nightmare of a bad circuit board. He said a bad circuit board would be the end of the camera, as they weave all through the camera and Canon does not make them any longer. I think I read somewhere else about gummed up "magnets???"

Yes... Brand new battery... As Stated, when I stick my finger into the battery chamber and press down on the bottom spring loaded pole, the shutter will not fire... release the bottom spring loaded pole, shutter fires perfectly... Nothing to do with the battery. The F1 can fire the shutter without the battery, but needs the battery for metering.

Greetings Everyone, I just picked up my second New F1 and it looks beautiful, almost like it came off of the factory floor. Problem I discovered was, when I put a battery in, the shutter won't fire. Remove the battery and the shutter fires fine. When I push down on the battery spring loaded post, again the shutter won't fire. Let go of the battery compartment spring loaded post and the shutter fires fine. My question is, would this be a simple issue to fix, or is the entire circuit board bad, which means it's going back to the eBay Seller? If it is a minor fix, and since the seller knocked 50% off of the price to not have to deal with the return to Japan, I may have scored a huge win here, as again, the overall condition of this camera is absolute mint condition. Looking for everyone's input on this one. Thanks! Sean