Canon Elan II meter calibration?

[BHuij]

The mode select dial on the eos5 is a drama. I fixed mine when I had that camera, but ultimately ditched the whole thing in favor of the eos30. No more spot metering, but otherwise I've always liked the 30 more. I think that's the elan II, isn't it?

How did you fix it?

The Elan II is the EOS 50, I think.

 

[Anon Ymous]

... The Elan II is the EOS 50, I think.

That's true:

EOS ELAN II / EOS ELAN IIE - Canon Camera Museum

Here, you can find out about Canon's Film Cameras > EOS > EOS ELAN II / EOS ELAN IIE, EOS 50 / EOS 50E.

global.canon

The mode select dial on the eos5 is a drama. I fixed mine when I had that camera, but ultimately ditched the whole thing in favor of the eos30. No more spot metering, but otherwise I've always liked the 30 more...

Yes, the OES 30 is a very nice camera when it doesn't front focus eh?

 

[koraks]

I had an issue similar to one recently discussed here as well, if that's what you were referring to. Tracked it down to a mechanical defect in that particular lens, a 50/1.4. It had some play in the front assembly, probably due to it having been dropped by a previous owner.

 

[koraks]

How did you fix it?

It's years ago, I'm sorry but I don't recall. I probably improvised something from a ballpoint spring or so.

 

[grat]

My dad had an EOS 5 (still does, actually, I think). Great camera. Just wish it had metering in the viewfinder and the mode selector dial wasn't so fragile.

The EOS 5 does have the meter in the viewfinder-- The A2 (US version) for some reason doesn't (might have been a patent issue). My mode dial still works, but I treat it gingerly.

 

[grat]

The mode select dial on the eos5 is a drama. I fixed mine when I had that camera, but ultimately ditched the whole thing in favor of the eos30. No more spot metering, but otherwise I've always liked the 30 more. I think that's the elan II, isn't it?

Elan 7, according to wiki / Canon camera museum.

 

[koraks]

Thanks, I'm always confused about the Elan vs. EOS translation.

 

[BHuij]

The EOS 5 does have the meter in the viewfinder-- The A2 (US version) for some reason doesn't (might have been a patent issue). My mode dial still works, but I treat it gingerly.

That's right, I remembered the details wrong. The EOS 5 is the international version. It was the A2 that had no meter in the viewfinder due to some kind of intellectual property snafu.

 

[redbandit]

have you taken the time to compare each of the camera metering modes to your hopefuly accurate light meters? that i think would be a mite more helpful before deciding

 

[BHuij]

have you taken the time to compare each of the camera metering modes to your hopefuly accurate light meters? that i think would be a mite more helpful before deciding

I don't see what useful information this would provide.

 

[redbandit]

I don't see what useful information this would provide.

I had an Elan II that had funky behavior in certain modes when I used the built in flash

 

[BHuij]

Gotcha - yeah I've never used the built-in flash. Thanks for the info though.

 

[MattKing]

It occurs to me as well that the mode function changes what parts of the scene influence the reading, so if part of that process works right in certain modes, it would reveal something about the nature of the problem.
It could be something as simple as some poorly located dirt.