Canon F-1 New Shutter Fires without Battery

[punkzter]

I know that the F-1 New is designed to operate between 1/2000th and 1/125th (and Bulb and Flash) without a battery. But my camera also "works" at all shutter speeds without a battery. Is this normal?

I was just testing it out this morning, and my expectation had been that the shutter wouldn't fire at, say, 1/30th of a second. But it does fire.

Thanks!

 

[Mackinaw]

What happens at one second?

 

[punkzter]

Without the battery, it fired at all speeds, but the slow speeds definitely did not sound accurate. (The slow speeds all sounded like 1/60th or so)

 

[ronnies]

Without the battery, it fired at all speeds, but the slow speeds definitely did not sound accurate. (The slow speeds all sounded like 1/60th or so)

That sounds about right then.

Ronnie

 

[punkzter]

ah, phew. This camera has been problematic for me, so I'm glad to hear that this feature is working correctly.

 

[benjiboy]

That's correct shutter speeds from 125th too, 200th plus flash sync at 1/90th and B without batteries which is phenomenal and if you set any other speed without batteries it sets about an unregulated 1/60th. I use three of them regularly.