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<p>Hello all.<br>

Wanted to introduce myself and hopefully get some help at the same time. I am a beginner photographer that really just does it because he likes it. Never really shot anything professional. I've done a little bit of work but only for a few friends. I have been working with a Nikon D5000 which I enjoy very much.</p>

<p>A few months ago, a friend of mine moved into a duplex and while he was cleaning the place out. He found some old cameras. Knew that I enjoy photography, so he gave them to me. I ended up storing them for a few months until recently, I remembered I had them. So I took them out of my shed and decided to give them some cleaning. They are great, never had such old cameras before. This is what I have (I will start from the left and work my way to the right).</p>

<p><a href="http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/LoSt-GhoSt/?action=view&current=DSC_0575.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/LoSt-GhoSt/DSC_0575.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br>

Linky: http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/LoSt-GhoSt/DSC_0575.jpg</p>

<p>CAMERA: Canon AE-1<br>

LEFT BOTTOM: Lens adapter (All black: Everything Metal)</p>

<p >LEFT TOP: Tokina SD 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 *52 Japan</p>

<p >BEHIND CAM: Canon Lens FD 50mm 1.:1.8 S.C.</p>

<p >TOP RIGHT: Soligor Tele-Auto 1:2.8 f=105mm 49* (Goes with adapter)</p>

<p >BOTTOM RIGHT: Canon Lens FD 50mm 1:1.8</p>

<p >___</p>

<p >CAMERA: Mamiya/Sekor 1000DTL</p>

<p >TOP LEFT: CC Auto Petri 1:2.8/35</p>

<p >BOTTOM LEFT: Various filters</p>

<p >BEHIND CAM: CC Auto Petri 1:3.5/200</p>

<p >RIGHT: CC Auto Petri 1:1.8/55</p>

<p > </p>

<p >*NOT PICTURED*</p>

<p >CAMERA: Asahi Pentax K1000</p>

<p >LENS: SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50mm</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Now here is my problem and I hope you guys can help me out. The aperture on all of them except 1 of the lens weren't working. So me being me, I started to open them. I was able to fix most of the Mamiya lenses I guess since the lenses have not been used in a while and left the aperture "all the way open" it weakened the spring that brings it back. Is there any way to get replacements for them?</p>

<p >I'm also having the same problem with Soligor 105mm. I opened it and it seems that the spring no longer pulls the aperture "lever". Where I move the lever, that is where it stays. I can upload pics if you guys want.</p>

<p >Also, something that just came up while typing this. The Canon AE1 has a lever that I am guessing is for the film on the right hand side (to scroll from one pic to the other). All the other cameras, the lever moves about 180* but this one only moves about 90*. Is this normal or is there an issue with it? (If there is an issue, I guess I'm gonna have to open it lol)</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Thanks for reading.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Jesse</p>

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<p >(Hope the pic works)</p>

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<p>Welcome to PN, Jesse. I'm not able to answer your questions but I would suggest that you post this in the Canon forum and the Alternative Camera and Lenses forum. PN is a wonderful resource for photographers of all levels, and you will benefit more if you participate more. Welcome!</p>
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<p>Alright, welcome to photo.net!<br /> Sounds like you have a pretty nice list of classic equipment here! I have personally owned a Mamiya DTL 1000 and I still have a Canon AE-1. My first piece of advice to you is to avoid "opening" stuff up. First off check the batteries, I know for a fact that the Canon AE-1 is an all electronic camera, meaning the shutter only fires or works if there is a battery in it. The battery for the Canon AE-1 is located on the front of the camera to the left of the lens behind a little door. A replacement battery for it is only about $3. Every winding lever on every different camera is going to move differently, therefore if the batteries in the Canon are dead then it theoretically should not move at all and whatever you do (DO NOT FORCE THE LEVERS!!) As I said the AE-1 is electronic so if it is opened up it can be very easy to completely destroy the whole camera if you don't know what you are doing. <br /> The Mamiya DTL1000 is a cool camera, it is all mechanical, meaning that the camera is fully functional without batteries, the only thing the batteries power is the light meter. This is a very basic camera, but if used correctly is capable of some pretty awesome stuff! I have a picture on my profile that was shot with a DTL 1000.<br /> Also, you mention some of your aperture blades sticking, probably most of the lenses you have are auto lenses and may not stop down where you can see the blades unless a picture is actually being taken. What I would suggest doing is putting the lenses on the camera and open the back of the camera so that you can see the shutter. Select a slow shutter speed like 1, 2 or 4 on the shutter speed dial on top of the camera, set the lens to f8, f11, or f16, and press the shutter release button. Look through the back of the camera, if you see the blades close down through the camera, then everything is ok! <br /> One more piece of advice would be to google each camera model for a users manual, this can teach you a lot about the camera and how it works. <br /> Welcome to the forum, and welcome to film photography! It's the BEST! :)<br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6730660-lg.jpg" alt="" width="525" height="700" /><br /> Photographed with Mamiya DTL 1000, Yashica 135mm f2.8 lens, Kodak T400CN</p>
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<p>Hey guys,<br>

Thanks for the welcome. I have downloaded the manuals for the cameras and have started reading them. I do know the shutter blades on some were slow. Like when I would close the blades. They would do fine until that last bit they would seem to struggle to fully close. But after playing with them for a while, they seem to be back up and properly functioning.</p>

<p>Also, yesterday, I bought me a tripod. The guy said it was from the 70's early 80's but I got it because it was all aluminum with no plastics. Pretty excited. That picture looks good. Can't wait to get these cams working. Ill come back if I end up having any more problems.</p>

<p>This is a great forum. I like how active and helpful people are.<br>

Thanks again for your help.<br>

Jesse</p>

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<p>Hi & welcome! The D5000 plus classic film cameras sounds a fine combination. For a REAL challenge, try shooting some slide film. It's very unforgiving of exposure error, but quite close to the accuracy needed for dSLR cameras. I started off with slide film on manual everything cameras in the late 70s and the lessons learned have stayed with me ever since.</p>
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