All The Best Tree Down In Poverty Flats
Jun 15, 2019 18:20:04 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
AirWalter wrote:
It wasn't only the single tree that we had. For e... (show quote)
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Jun 15, 2019 22:29:04 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
I'll bet that Leica was fun to shoot with! If my computer will let me here are some photos of my Canonet. I don't see a model # on it. There are the pictures finally. I know that sensor around the lense stopped working, but it is still good to use manually. I had a place lined up in CT I think to fix it years ago, but I don't know if it is still possible to get that part replaced.
Jun 15, 2019 22:50:17 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
AirWalter wrote:
I'll bet that Leica was fun to shoot with! If my computer will let me here are some photos of my Canonet. I don't see a model # on it. There are the pictures finally. I know that sensor around the lense stopped working, but it is still good to use manually. I had a place lined up in CT I think to fix it years ago, but I don't know if it is still possible to get that part replaced.
Your Canonet is just what it says it is, a Canonet. First introduced in 1961, it stayed current until it was 'improved' upon maybe 10 years later with the slightly wider, slightly faster lens (40mm f/1.7 rather than the 45mm f/1.9 on yours) on the G-III, and the selenium cell meter that surrounds the front element was upgraded as well and differently placed. Though these models were inexpensive --nowhere close to the high dollar 7, 7S's, VT's or others of the interchangeable lens Canons of the time-- they were still darn fine shooters. Spectacular, actually, in the optical sense. Whatever problem you might have with your lens --which I expect is more a mechanical dysfunction with the in-lens leaf shutter than anything else-- its a relatively easy thing to fix. Assuming parts aren't required, of course.
Jun 15, 2019 22:55:45 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
Cany143 wrote:
Your Canonet is just what it says it is, a Canonet... (show quote)
I have the manual around here some place, but I forget what that sensor around the lens was called. If I remember didn't it have something to do with auto exposure. That is the only thing that quit working.
Jun 15, 2019 23:46:08 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
AirWalter wrote:
I have the manual around here some place, but I forget what that sensor around the lens was called. If I remember didn't it have something to do with auto exposure. That is the only thing that quit working.
Its a selenium meter, and it does couple electronically with exposure, but only while in the "A" (automatic) mode set on the lens. If the shutter fires properly, you can forget entirely about metering with it and just set the aperture/shutter speed/asa according to whichever of the 'Sunny 16' rule reciprocals you deem proper.
Shouldn't be difficult to find a manual on-line somewhere. Or in lieu of that, pretty sure I have the manual for my G-III somewhere and could scan it for you if you like. The two cameras are enough alike that any differences would be minimal.
Jun 16, 2019 00:44:48 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
Cany143 wrote:
Its a selenium meter, and it does couple electroni... (show quote)
I'm sure the manual is here, I'll look for it tomorrow. Thanks for the info. I haven't missed with this camera in over 40 years; forgot a lot.
Jun 16, 2019 14:03:42 #
Jun 17, 2019 20:30:23 #
Robert M
Loc: Clifton, NJ
I love the compositions, especially # 3 & # 5. The color is really captured well...
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