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Author Message   Georgeboosh Tinkerer Username: Georgeboosh Post Number: 6 Registered: 04-2009 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 01:33 am:    The problem is not the self-timer, it's the sticky shutter blades. If you clean the blades, then the self-timer will commence like magic. I've had the same problem with Canonets and other cameras. It appears that, when shutters fail to trip, people (including me) activate the self-timer to see if it will unstick the shutter, but because the shutter is stuck, the self-timer won't start it's journey.