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Rrodscott
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Username: Rrodscott
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 07:26 pm: | 
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I found a great old AE-1, but I had the problem with the control cable being broken and the exposure needle bottoming out. I pulled off the top and reconnected the cable, but I don't know how to "time" the shutter speed/ASA dial to the traces below the wiper, which lie under the spring-loaded spool under the film rewind knob. So far, I just set the lowest ASA and highest shutter speed for maximum counter-clockwise travel of the pulley below the shutter speed/ASA dial, and then positioned the wiper below the spring-loaded pulley under the film rewind lever over the thinnest part of the trace. Also, when I first got the camera, I shot lots of film using the auto setting on the lens and a sensible shutter speed. Although the meter didn't work, (it was bottoming out) I got lots of good pics. I used an old style weston light meter to set the shutter speeds. It seems that the auto-exposure circuit is separate from the circuit that feeds the exposure meter. Now, I'd like to use the camera's exposure meter to set the shutter speed. Is there a rigging position for the two spools? I've really enjoyed this forum, and it helped me to unstick the shutter and find the cause of the meter's bottoming out. |
Aphototaker
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Username: Aphototaker
Post Number: 212
Registered: 12-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 10:32 pm: |
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I don't have this camera. All I can suggest is that you should be able to find its repair manual on the internet via google. Let us know if you are not able to. |
Richard_cook
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Username: Richard_cook
Post Number: 2
Registered: 02-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 10:06 am: |
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Go to this site:
http://www.baytan.org/prak/canon.html
Download this guide:
AE-1 service&repair guide |
Rrodscott
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Username: Rrodscott
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 01:02 pm: |
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Richard, thanks for the link. I checked the repair manual, and it seems that I got the thing timed correctly totally by accident. I was lucky that the wire broke at the end instead of the middle, so I just used superglue to reconnect the end. I found the camera in a thrift shop, and got it, a 200mm, a doubler and a speedlite 155A for five bucks. I was lucky to get it before anyone broke the gears. I've seen several SLRs that have been destroyed because people don't realize that they have to have a battery installed before they can be used. Once again, thanks. |
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