Canon F1 shutter sticking in cold weather

Sirius Glass · Nov 22, 2022

Huss said:
You take a tripod when you go skiing?

Never

Huss said:
Forget this plastic Canon nonsense, I want to hear about Sirius’ 2second exposures while skiing!

That was for available light night photography with a tripod.

Huss said:
p.s Canon F1 should handle anything. It just needs a looksie.

dynachrome · Nov 22, 2022

The repair place recommended by Ken Oikawa for Canons is Camera Clinic 100 2nd Avenue NW Mandan, ND 58554 775-829-2244 Steve Sweringen.

benjiboy · Nov 22, 2022

Mike Lopez said:
So the A series of cameras have a squeak? Thanks for clarifying that. I don’t use any of those. And it appears that jtk really is utterly confused. The F1, which is the subject of this thread, does not have the plasticky, squeaky issues he’s complaining about here.

None of the three versions of the Canon F 1 suffer from "the squeak", that's caused by a dry bearing in the mirror mechanism that eventually make the camera jam up, that only occurs an the A series. Canon S.L.R.s
I have five F 1s, the majority of which I have had for up to thirty years, so I know this from personal experience .

Mackinaw · Nov 22, 2022

dynachrome said:
The repair place recommended by Ken Oikawa for Canons is Camera Clinic 100 2nd Avenue NW Mandan, ND 58554 775-829-2244 Steve Sweringen.

Thank you for passing this on.

Jim B.

jtk · Nov 23, 2022

Mike Lopez said:
So the A series of cameras have a squeak? Thanks for clarifying that. I don’t use any of those. And it appears that jtk really is utterly confused. The F1, which is the subject of this thread, does not have the plasticky, squeaky issues he’s complaining about here.

Review the OT. The "subject of this thread" is cost of service, not just "the F!".

jtk · Nov 23, 2022

benjiboy said:
None of the three versions of the Canon F 1 suffer from "the squeak", that's caused by a dry bearing in the mirror mechanism that eventually make the camera jam up, that only occurs an the A series. Canon S.L.R.s
I have five F 1s, the majority of which I have had for up to thirty years, so I know this from personal experience .

Agreed. Don't forget the excellent Bell & Howell F!s that were used by the US Navy.

Mike Lopez · Nov 24, 2022

jtk said:
Review the OT. The "subject of this thread" is cost of service, not just "the F!".

The subject of this thread was the F1’s shutter performance in cold weather. You claim the camera is plastic and should be thrown away. {Moderators edit:} As others have pointed out, you’re wrong. It’s that simple.{End Moderator's edit}

Mike Lopez · Nov 24, 2022

jtk said:
Agreed. Don't forget the excellent Bell & Howell F!s that were used by the US Navy.

But the F1 is plastic and should be discarded. Hmm. Ok.

cerber0s · Dec 18, 2022

The problem hasn't occurred again, despite the weather being unusually cold. I'm writing it off as a piece of film getting stuck (yes, I bulk load).

Thank you all!

benjiboy · Dec 18, 2022

I have shot with both the Canon F1n and New F1 models for about thirty years, I have used them in all weathers that have occurred in Britain, from both the hottest summer and coldest winter, they have always functioned perfectly .

Canon F1 shutter sticking in cold weather

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