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Author Message   Kronik Tinkerer Username: Kronik Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 07:15 am:    Hi - I'm new here! Just got a Yashica Electro 35 GS for a steal on eBay and upon checking what I could, I found that the shutter doesn't seem to open entirely on f2 and f1.7, though I must say that at the moment I don't have a battery present. Not sure if that makes a difference. On all other speeds I see the shutter opening to a nice octogonal (? i believe) shape, on f2 and f1.7 i just see a kind of starshape: it opens, but not all the way. How can I repair this? Also, I don't hear any clunk upon rewinding, which seems to indicate a pad of death problem? Or is this only audible when a battery is in place? I find lots of information about how to repair the POD, but what does it do? Can I use the camera without it? Many thanks for any advice, pointers, links, you might have!