Problem with Canonet

[sean_fitzgerald1]

Hello, I have a Canonet ql 17. The problem with it is that it only

works in the A mode. I want to use it in manual, but when I turn the

aperture ring to an f stop, the shutter will not click, it does not

matter what shutter speed is selected either. I can get the shutter

to click in manual mode when I hold down the CHECK button for the

battery and then click it, but that is no good still because it only

goes to one aperture no matter what I have selected, I think it is f

stop 11, but I could be wrong. Anyway, it is annoying to only be able

to use this camera in auto mode, please, and suggestions would be so

greatly appreciated.

[art_haykin]

Do you have an owner's manual?

[kelly_flanigan1]

Sean; I have one that works in manual mode & not automatic! ; also the meter is not working either...<BR><BR>I paid 20 bucks for it in 1999 at the TRW ham radio swap meet in El Segundo, California ; from the English couple whos table is always at the south east corner area....<BR><BR>The lens on mine is the 40mm F1.7 which rated excellent @f2.8 in the center and smaller apertures; and @F5.6 at the edges...........Compare the numbers with the 40mm Summicron<BR><BR><a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/canoneos/manuals/canonetql17.html">Here is the manual for you and Art to look at...</a><BR><BR>

 

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[sean_fitzgerald1]

Yeah, I have a manual, it really helps none. It just tells me how the camer should work, and from what is says, the shutter should just click when im in manual. It does not though.

[richard_oleson]

off the top of my head, i can't think what would keep it from firing on manual. if you want to go inside and take a look, i have the basic disassembly notes here:

 

http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/index-30.html

 

you may also find something useful at:

 

http://www.kyphoto.com/classics

 

i haven't encountered your particular problem though.

 

rick :)=

[MTC Photography]

I had a Canonet QL 17. I found that its leave shutter was not reliable,

it stuck on me twice. The first time it failed, I sent to Canon Canada

to fix, a year latter, it failed again. The repair cost is more than

buying another used one. I junked it.

[robert_segal1]

Anybody else got junkable QL17s with stuck shutter/aperture blades out there? It's a pretty common issue with them but anyone can fix 'em with lighter fluid and a tool made from a paint scraper.

[robert_segal1]

I should be more forthcoming. Who knows, Sean, perhaps you've got some intermittant manifestation of shutter blade stickiness:

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The <a href="http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/">http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/</a> site mentioned above has good insights on unsticking blades. You grind down a hardware store scraper to make a wrench, CAREFULLY unscrew the rear lens element, put the thing on BULB, lock down a cable release, and ever-so-gently swab at the reluctant blades with lighter fluid. (Yeah, I clean the aperture blades from the rear. It's usually recommended against as 'too dangerous' but I'm funny that way.) Clean the optics well, afterward.

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["Junk" Canonets still happily accepted.]

[kelly_flanigan1]

Sean; ask your question at the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/camera-fix/">yahoo camera repair groups</a><BR><BR>You must get a yahoo screen name first..<BR><BR>It is a good group with alot of helpfull people..