Canonet QL 17 GIII - ready to use

[Dietmar Wolf]

Hello.

Finally my cams are ready. I replaced the light seals, cleaned all inside out and adjusted the horizontal viewfinder.

The last thing I did was mounting new leather (I removed the QLIII sign at the front).

I owned the himatic7SII and the Konica Auto S3 which both cannot compete with the canonet.

The left is for b/w, the right cam I use for slides.

More information with some further links (repair advice, manuals, battery problem, leather) Dead Link Removed

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[bobwysiwyg]

Very nice job! I recently managed the seal replacement and batt. conversion on a QL17 given to me and shot a roll of TMAX 400. I really like the camera. Cosmetically, mine is in great shape though I recently discovered the film advance lock is not working. I haven't decided yet whether to risk going inside to try and fix it, or just learn to live with it.

 

[Dietmar Wolf]

Film advance lock: http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/index-30.html
Search here for more info: http://www.kyphoto.com/cgi-bin/forum/discus.cgi

Remove the leather and the rest is very easy.