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Rahul
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 08:45 am: | 
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Hello Guys..
I am facing a problem of Film Advance Lever in Canon AE-1.
Its has got stuct and I am not able to advance it anymore.
I opened the back panel with the film inside the camera.I was somehow able to get the film out of camera,but now my Film advance lever has got stuck.I am not able to load the film in the camera.Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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Ed
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 07:06 pm: |
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Have both curtains cleared the film aperture? If not, try grasping (with lens off--slip finger under the mirror if it's not up) and thumb in back and gently pull curtain to rewind side of camera. This may release it. The other common possibility if the the black bezel around the shutter speed dial has gotten bumped and one of the posts that are heat-sealed to hold bezel to the top cover (visible on under side of top), has sheared off the ended up in the shutter/wind gears. This of course, requires removal of the top cover. |
Reiner
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 02:01 pm: |
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I hope that it is not yet too late but I would recommend you _NOT_ to pull the shutter curtain. It might easily be deformed or teared.
A sticky advance lever on the AE1 is propably the subsequence of a nonworking shutter. Did you check the battery? The AE1 does not fire without sufficient voltage supply. If this is ok one of the shutter solenoids might stick. You may find them under the bottom cover. Touch them carefully with a tooth pick. Good luck! |
Ed
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 06:55 pm: |
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you missed the key word-- gently--having repaired cameras for over 50 years and AE1 since they came out, I've done this on many ocassions with no trouble--sometimes all it needs is a little pull to casue to finish the cycle--common sense would you not to tug on it with force. |
