Recent content by spl

Okay, I see a problem now. I discovered this completely at random. There are threads on the front of the lens where you would screw a filter. Normally this silver piece doesn’t have any function beyond holding a filter. If I grasp it and turn it anticlockwise (looking into the lens) the exposure...

I literally just picked up the camera now, screwed off the 1A and saw the needle reading correctly. Then five seconds later it stopped, and retreated back to the top of the range.

I have a beautiful QL17 Canonet. I am fond of the camera because it takes beautiful clear photos with a special character, and because I repaired the rear lens element of a scratch with diamond polishing paste and got lucky, making the camera perfect for about a year. Now though a sad thing has...

Oh dear :sad: Happened again. The mirror locked 'up' (To the side), shutter button and winder locked up. This time I cleared it by fidgeting with the mirror and levers under the bottom plate. I gently moved the mirror back from its stuck position and cocked the aperture lever inside the mount...

Hi @RalphLambrecht. Thanks for the advice. I have looked around but I'm not finding the Pentax Digital for that price and having said that I think I prefer the direct EV read of the Pentax Spotmeter V since I'm rarely in so much of a hurry to take a picture that I can't consider my camera...

So, I guess the part that's most confusing me is how he talks about using a card/sleeve/etc and `Turn[ing] it in the light'. Does this imply that I rotate the card in the light to make it lighter/darker until it matches the target spot then I take the reading with the reflected meter by placing...

I've been reading the book The Craft of Photography by David Vestal. In chapter 2 on Light Meters Mr. Vestal describes a system of metering off and exposing for shadows that seems to me similar to the Adams Zone System, but simplified, and in order to apply it he suggests a 'Poor Man's Spot...

I have a beautiful Canonet QL17. When I photographed with it first I was taken aback by the beauty and clarity of the images except there was a dark splodge (-2ev~) due to a mark on the rere element that I was assured by a professional wasn't fixable ... So I fixed it with 0.5 micron diamond...

Oh @YE35FC That's a fascinating observation. I completely disassembled this camera and measured the resistance of the CDS cell under various conditions but I never considered it was faulty. It gave different readings in different light and I did not yet draw a graph of resistance vs light. I...

Thank you @shutterfinger. Actually this is where I sourced the Electro 35 GSN teardown guide, I was just too lazy to find the link. There is an impressive array of manuals there but not the FC. There is a circuit diagram there that is just labelled "Yashica Electro 35 Unit Type 35" I wonder...

That link would cost me an extra $30 in shipping and more for duty and vat because I live in EU. I would definitely consider buying a digital copy at a reasonable price. I'll try contacting the Yashica company but it's a long shot.

Absolutely agreed @extraniamiento. The circuits themselves are not extremely complex they're just 1960/70s non IC boards with resistors, capacitors, transistors and contact wipers. On paper they look simple enough. Tearing down the Yashica Electro 35 GSN looks like an ordeal, but I suspect the...

I found a teardown guide for the Electro 35 GSN. It scared me. I was hoping to find one for the Electro 35 FC. I have read it's a different camera inside.

I wish that were the solution but it doesn't pan out on experiment :( I just now tried 2 fresh lr44, 3.2 volts. Symptoms are unchanged. I measured the voltage as the shutter button goes through its three stages: Beginning: 3.1 - 3.2 volts pressed down to 'over' stage: 2.6 volts pressed further...

I have a cute little Yashica 35 FC. It may never be a truly excellent camera but it IS compact and feels really nice. Shutter doesn't work in auto mode as described below in point 5. Can anyone tell me how to fix the symptoms I describe. I have intermediate repair skills and have disassembled...