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Post by John Farrell on Feb 5, 2007 20:34:35 GMT -5
The Canon FT is a lovely camera. The shutter shafts run in tiny ballrace bearings. I use an AC13E zinc-air cell in mine - it lasts around 6 months.
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 17, 2007 1:44:03 GMT -5
At the weekend I bought off Trademe (our local auction site) a Minolta SRT101b. It cost, with postage, $37 (about $26 American dollars) It was on my doorstep when I left for work this morning. It came with the lens on it, and also with a very fungussy MD Rokkor f1.4 50mm.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 27, 2006 2:06:41 GMT -5
The remaining curtain is unblemished, which makes me wonder whether this curtain was punctured by something. I have a service manual for this camera, and I have ordered some curtain material from Microtools, so I may have a go at replacing the curtain. I wonder how it would go with one titanium and one cloth curtain?
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 26, 2006 20:02:06 GMT -5
The F1 is the F1n model, date code "s" - 1978. It appears to be missing a small cover on the mirror box rewind side, and one of the buttons for releasing the prism is not there. The camera was cocked when I opened it, and a scrap of material was showing between the edge of the first curtain, and the film gate: I pulled it out with tweezers.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 26, 2006 0:35:55 GMT -5
This afternoon a neighbour called to see me. He's president of the local photographic club, and knows I'm interested in older cameras. He had a camera case, with gear he bought new in the late 1970s, and used professionally. He passed it on to his daughter to use, later, and now, as he's gone digital, he has no use for it. When I opened the case, this is what I found: A Canon F1, an AT-1, 28mm f2.8, 50mm f1.4 and 85mm f1.8 lenses, winder and waist level finder for the F1, and various odds and ends. He told me the F1 seemed to be jammed. When I opened the back, there was a piece of crumpled metal in the film gate, which turned out to be the second shutter curtain......
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Post by John Farrell on Sept 20, 2007 21:50:50 GMT -5
The Russian style RF cam is easier to adjust (by turning) to calibrate the rangefinder. The rangefinder mechanism can then be made to wider tolerances, and more cheaply.
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Post by John Farrell on Sept 26, 2007 3:30:13 GMT -5
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 18, 2007 14:39:08 GMT -5
V is the delayed action setting (self timer).
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 13, 2007 19:50:16 GMT -5
I've had some interesting Yashicas over the years - an M, like the one I was bidding on, which looked like it was in unused condition. A YK, which has the same lens and shutter as the earlier Js, and a body reminiscent of a Nikon M. And a Minister 700, an unusual variant with an f1.7 lens. I have sold all 3, in the interest of keeping the collection self funding, and under control.
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 13, 2007 16:41:19 GMT -5
The bidding on the Yashica M1 I was following got too rich for me....I had an auto bid to $15.05, and it went for $15.55.
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 9, 2007 17:08:43 GMT -5
Michael - there are actually 2 Yashica Ms on Trademe at the moment. One for you, and one for me....
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 29, 2006 14:13:53 GMT -5
I have seen 3 variants of the first model Canonet - No aperture display in viewfinder, film speeds to 200asa. Aperture display in viewfinder, film speeds to 200asa. Aperture display in viewfinder, film speeds to 400asa.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 23, 2006 1:27:45 GMT -5
I recently bought a 1969 model Canonet QL17. This has the same body, lens, shutter, and rangefinder as the more desirable G111 model, yet cost far less. The G111 has a different battery check, the rewind knob is differently shaped, and the label is different.
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