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Post by John Farrell on Apr 16, 2016 22:06:48 GMT -5
This is another camera from the box I bought an an auction, last year. The Junior was the less expensive version of the Canonet. It has an f2.8 front cell focussing lens, a programmed shutter, and a focus indicator in the viewfinder (shows whether the lens is focussed for close, mid or far distances). . This one has some problems. The wind lever can be wound continuously. The distance scale in the viewfinder isn't indicating correctly, and the scale on the focussing ring goes past infinity. The rust in the second picture shows it has been stored somewhere damp. I searched for a repair manual, to no avail, but I did find a Japanese repair site which had 2 photographs of a dismantled Junior. These suggested that the camera split easily into two modular halves. Before working on the camera, I put a waste film in it, and exercised the mechanism; the shutter is wound on this camera by the film turning a notched wheel. The shutter seemed to work fine, and the light meter worked. Running the film through a couple of times cured the problem with the wind lever.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 16, 2016 22:14:04 GMT -5
The top was easy to take off - I used a rubber tool to remove the screw from the wind lever - it has a standard thread. Then just the rewind lever and 3 screws to remove, and the top is off. The bottom plate is held on by 2 screws, and on this camera, a little corrosion. There is corrosion under the leatherette as well. I decided to remove this completely, so it can be cleaned. Canon leatherette is usually easy to peel. The leatherette removed.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 16, 2016 22:23:28 GMT -5
The camera front is held on by the 4 screws you can see above. With them removed, the front can be lifted off. The focus information is fed from the lens by the pin in the centre of this picture To the lever at the centre of this - the lever is bent - straightening it fixed the problem. The front is now back on the camera, and I fixed the focus ring problem by loosening its 3 retaining screws, and turning it. I need to check that infinity focus is correct, however.
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Post by Stephen on Apr 17, 2016 7:30:09 GMT -5
Your lucky the damage was not too extensive, it smacks of a camera stored in damp, or got wet and was dried off, leaving damp to start corrosion, but not gone too far. Is the lens OK from Fungus? The quality of the Canon has helped save this one from major problems. They do not seem to suffer from sand ingress as much as the more complex and compact Olympus compacts of the period. Apart from the Trip, they all seemed prone to problems from use near beaches.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 17, 2016 14:18:16 GMT -5
Stephen - there's no sign of fungus in the lens. The viewfinder is covered by a metal plate, secured by screws. Contrast this with the Hanimex and Petri cameras I opened recently. They have a glued on piece of black paper to cover the rangefinder. I haven't decided yet whether to clean off the rust, and repaint the edges of the camera back.
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Post by julio1fer on Apr 17, 2016 17:01:14 GMT -5
Thanks for posting these threads.
I never used a Junior, but I did use a Canonet, the original 1.9. The Junior seems a simplified version. It looks like a worthy reparation project if the lens is fine. Is the selenium cell working?
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 17, 2016 18:02:34 GMT -5
Yes - the cell is working. I'm not sure if it is accurate, though.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 17, 2016 22:08:31 GMT -5
I've removed the leatherette from the back, and got together a rust treatment (phosphoric acid) and black enamel paint. I chose one that looked semi-matt on the can lid, but I see it is a metallic paint. I'll be interested to see the finish. The screws holding the back are under the light seal, which peels out easily. The back, sanded with 1200 grit waterproof paper, and coated with Rustguard.
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Post by julio1fer on Apr 18, 2016 21:06:15 GMT -5
That cute little Humbrol can - is it paint for models? I am getting some popcorn to watch this unfold.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 18, 2016 22:00:20 GMT -5
Yes, that's model paint. I put one coat of that on this morning, and it was too shiny, so I bought a tin of "matt black", and used that for the second coat. The back is sitting drying in the sun.
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Post by PaulH on Apr 19, 2016 5:37:40 GMT -5
Enjoying following your progress John, good job.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 19, 2016 20:01:04 GMT -5
Not much happening with the camera for the next few days - we're looking after our granddaughter, and then have relatives staying with us. I've put 2 coats of matt black on the edges of the back. The leatherette needs to be reglued. The mask in the viewfinder is marked - its coating has shrunk (you can see this in the pictures of the dismantled camera). I'm going to leave it. A mirror in the viewfinder has come unglued, and needs refixing.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 22, 2016 21:29:20 GMT -5
Well, I've cleaned and reglued the leatherette, fixed the viewfinder mirror, and the camera is finished.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Apr 23, 2016 2:49:51 GMT -5
Inpressive restoration job on a humble camera, some may not give it a second glance but you made it shine !
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Post by hansz on Apr 23, 2016 4:06:59 GMT -5
And now let us see some shots with it!
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