Using Flash On a Canonet 17

[minoltaman]

I recently bought a Canon QLIII 17 with the Canonlite D Flash at an estate sale. I paid $25 which I thought was alot but the camera and flash are clean as a bell. It just needed new light seals. I always wanted one of these cameras even though I'm a Minolta guy at heart as well as a big Nikon fan. I hear they are the "poor man's Leica".

Being that I really wanted to use the camera and it's metering system correctly, I bought a battery adapter from C.R.I.S. Camera www.criscam.com/products_services/mercury_battery_adapters/ which replaces the old mercury battery with an adapter and a silver oxide battery that gives the exact 1.35v as the mercury battery. Paid $40 for it, popped it in and the camera's metering system fired up! So, I'm in for $65 for a 38 year old camera.....am I nuts?

So, my question is, from what I understand, when using the Canonlite Flash, it will essentially sync to any shutter speed you select? 1/500? Wow! 1/250th? Wow! Please tell me that the flash will sync at these shutter speeds and I'll probably sell all my camera gear and just keep this vintage gem!

I just loaded up the camera with Kodak BW400CN and I'm ready to shoot.

Thank you!!

[drako]

I just got one of these outfits as well. Shot my first roll w/out the battery adapter and, yes, the exposures are not perfect. So thanks for the link; I'll have to make the plunge for the adapter.

[Dave]

Since the camera has a leaf shutter and not a focal plane shutter, it should synch at any speed. Dave

[minoltaman]

Thank you Dave.

Drako, good luck. I think it's a good investment for that camera. I'm still in the middle of my first test roll but it just feels like the meter is working perfectly.

[drako]

A groovy shot of my lovely wife with Canonet 17

[mickeyobe]

Johnny,

I am afraid to ask.

What is your lovely wife holding?

Mickey

[Andrew]

Nov 22, 2008 12:50:29 GMT -5 mickeyobe said:

Johnny,

I am afraid to ask.

What is your lovely wife holding?

Mickey

actually i was wondering that myself!

at first glance i thought it was a dead bird with its wings stretched out but wasnt sure ???lol then i wonderd what type of bird..I am no Ornithologist so i cant possbly be expected to know all specie of birds, but then I read Jonny's post an i realised it was canonet 17 ..duh, shoulda known

[mickeyobe]

"....but then I read Jonny's post an i realised it was canonet 17 ..duh, shoulda known :

Aaah. I see now.
Canonet 17 roadkill.
Sad.

Thanks Andrew.

Mickey

[drako]

Okay, the suspense is over: She's holding a piece of palm tree bark. The stuff falls to the ground throughout throughout the year. Gretchen is a working artist and always interested in new materials, textures, etc. The shot might look staged but it was truly candid!

[Andrew]

It looks a splendid candid shot Johnny.

ah mystery solved,
hmm dead birds have texture too!