Canon EOS 3 shutter unit replacement

Hi everyone.

 

I recently decided to get some analog EOS gear just for fun. First I got a 620 in virtually unused condition for 30 euros. Then the EOS bug bit me and after reading up quite a bit, I got myself not only one but 2 EOS 3, both from Japan. The second one is absolutely mint and doesn't seem to have seen much use, but the first one is well used, even if it was described as "near mint" on ebay. I don't blame the guy and he did give me a partial refund. I just think he didn't know what he was looking at or to judge its condition.

 

The biggest problem of the not-so-mint is that one of the shutter blades is slightly dented/bent. See picture. I have put a few rolls through it and I suspect there is a hair-thin line in some of the pictures, but I am not 100% sure. Anyway, I managed to find a complete, new, shutter unit from USA. After having called around all over Sweden, including the Canon repair centre, I have not ben able to find anyone who can replace the shutter unit, as it requires special tools, calibration in a jig and servicing software well beyond the sell-by date. Not even Canon Sweden has this kind of equipment anymore.

 

Does anyone know where I could send the EOS 3 for shutter unit replacement? Preferably in Europe for customs simplicity, but I suppose USA is also OK if that is the only option.

 

And yes, I just love the EOS 3 and would hate to see it become a shelf decoration. The eye control focus, plus the AI servo seems to work very well for me, in spite of what many people may tell you. Glasses or no glasses. But it takes not a small amount of calibration for all the lenses you may have, under different lighting conditions, wearing glasses if you do, or not.

 

I would very much appreciate any pointers.

 

Cheers,

IL

 

 

The shutter blades do not look too bad to me, I wonder if there is actually a problem. I've had similar cameras with blades looking much worse than yours, with no effect on the pictures. A light leak through a possible gap in the blades will not show itself as a clear line, rather as a diffused area. Perhaps show us the pictures you think are affected?

Second the comments on the shutter. In a revision of the old saw:

 

"make sure it's broken, before you fix it"

 

I am another who loves the EOS 3 (see my note on it at Canon EOS 3 - an historic Canon camera).