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Post by majicman on Feb 17, 2007 3:29:12 GMT -5
Picked this up today also. A canon AE1, $30 dollars was on the price tag But I could not get the film advance lever to work. I'm not sure if it is something I'm doing wrong or not. so I got her down to $15.00 on this one. I bought a new battery for it and I still can't seem to advance the film, any hint's or sugestions? Does anyone know what the two buttons on the right side are for next to the red dot? also the one black button on the top right? It came with a 200mm lens also.
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Post by bobm on Feb 17, 2007 9:08:36 GMT -5
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Post by vintageslrs on Feb 17, 2007 9:28:13 GMT -5
Majicman I have an AE-1 also.....it is a fine camera.... as far as your film advance lever not working, I can't imagine you are doing anything wrong......I've not had any issue with mine so I'm afraid I cannot be of any help. But I bet Peter W. will be . Just curious, does your shutter fire? This will prove that your battery is good and correctly installed. Good Luck Bob
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Post by byuphoto on Feb 17, 2007 9:51:34 GMT -5
Is the mirror stuck in the up position? I had a Pentax do that once and the lever would mot advance. One button is the battery check the other is the exposure lock. I probably have more time behind an AE1 than any other camera
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Post by PeterW on Feb 17, 2007 13:54:56 GMT -5
Bob wrote: Thanks for the compliment, Bob, but I have't had to do anything on my A series Canons except isolate a battery check switch on an A1 which was shorting and draining the battery. A stuck-up mirror might possibly be the problem, but I think it's more likely to be electrical, either a dud battery or bad electrical contact either at the battery contacts or possibly at the firing button, which is a switch. If checking the battery and contacts doesn't bring any joy, take off the lens and open the back of the camera. Hold the mirror up and then reach inside to the shutter blind with a finger. Put your thumb on the back of the blind and try VERY GENTLY moving it to the right - only a quarter of an inch or so, no more. If the metal tag at the end of the blind appears, the shutter isn't cocked, so the fault probably isn't the firing button. If all you get is more plain blind, the shutter is cocked, so the problem MAY (or may not) be the firing button. If it's not, then I'm stuck. Sorry I can't be of more help, but you can download pdfs for the three parts of Canon's Service Manual for the AE1 from Christian Rollinger's web page. They're for the AE1 Program, but it's very similar to the 'plain' AE1 except for a few more electronic bells and whistles. The address is: www.canonfd.com/choose.htmScroll down the page and the service manuals are on the left. Oh. Silly thought. I suppose you haven't got the firing button lock on? There's a collar round the button. Turning it clockwise locks the button. Turning it anticlockwise unlocks it. PeterW
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Post by majicman on Feb 18, 2007 2:12:28 GMT -5
After puting the battery in I hit he firing button and the mirror went up and thats wear it stayed. I guess it had already been cocked. I took the botttom plate of and moved a lever in there and the miror came down . There was some white powdery residue in there that looked like corrosion.
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Post by bobm on Feb 18, 2007 8:54:55 GMT -5
Try cleaning the contacts in the battery holder as you are quite correct in thinking that the white powder you found is corrosion related. This sounds like a previous owner left the battery in and the battery eventually leaked.
I don't know if it's possible but you might try using a Dremel with a very small wire brush tool to carefully and gently clean any corrosion off the contacts - sometimes contacts that look clean, aren't.
Wipe them down with IPA afterwards and apply a small smear of Vaseline to protect them from further corrosion etc.
That might be all the camera needs to get it working.
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