Canon A-1 question
Steve Burrows
remember that it did the same thing! I remember that the manual mentions
it. Hmmmm... I cannot remember what the manual said (I sold the camera and
the manual went with it) about 5 years ago and have recemtly bought a Canon
AE1 !! But try selecting a shutter speed instead of Program.
Steve b.
Ilan Kochavi wrote in message <35A1FBA6.DAD8D7AB@_REMOVE_THIS_tti.co.il>...
>I bought a Canon A-1 recently. It works fine but I have one problem :
>After using the depth-of-field preview switch (to the right of the lens
>mount) I cannot use the built-in light meter. Instead of two numbers the
>viewfinder (shutter speed and aperture) I see "E E". After the next shot
>everything seems to work again. What am I doing wrong ? How should I
>correctly use the depth-of-field preview button ?
>
Ilan Kochavi
Carol Leigh
This is a classic A1 situation. The manual states: "This appears to be a
distressing situation, but it is very easily corrected. Push the film
advance lever into its retracted position close to the camera body. The
multiple exposure lever is underneath. Push it to the left. Now turn the
film advance lever. With this operation, the camera will work in the
normal way."
What causes this? The manual says: "Two problems can arise if you use
the camera incorrectly in the stopped-down mode. The first problem
occurs if the stop-down lever of the camera is locked in before you
mount the lens. If you expose a frame in this situation, it will be
incorrectly exposed due to incorrect coupling of the aperture ring. To
prevent this, before you mount a lens, make sure there is no red dot
beside the stop-down coupling lever inside the camera body. The red dot
is very conspicuous and appears only when the stop-down lever is pushed
in.
"The second problem arises if you push in the camera's stop-down lever
and, before taking a shot, release the stop-down lever and return the
lens aperture ring to the 'A' mark. If you then try to press the shutter
button, you will notice that neither it nor the film advance lever will
operate. What's more, this is when the 'EEEE EE' mark will flash in the
viewfinder whether the viewfinder display switch is turned off or not."
Probably more than you wanted to know, but I figure more knowledge is
better than less . . .
Carol Leigh, "California Photographer" Newsletter
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George Locke
<ilan@_REMOVE_THIS_tti.co.il> wrote:
I bought a Canon A-1 recently. It works fine but I have one problem :
After using the depth-of-field preview switch (to the right of the lens
mount) I cannot use the built-in light meter. Instead of two numbers the
viewfinder (shutter speed and aperture) I see "E E". After the next shot
everything seems to work again. What am I doing wrong ? How should I
correctly use the depth-of-field preview button ?
That's no problem and is common for this particular camera. To return to
normal operation, push the film advance lever into its reftracted position
close to the camera body. This reveals the multiple exposure lever just
underneath. Push the multiple exposure lever to the left and turn the film
advance lever all the way to the right. The camera will now function
properly.
George Locke
Frank Kelly
|> >After using the depth-of-field preview switch (to the right of the lens
|> >mount) I cannot use the built-in light meter. Instead of two numbers the
|> >viewfinder (shutter speed and aperture) I see "E E". After the next shot
|> >everything seems to work again. What am I doing wrong ? How should I
|> >correctly use the depth-of-field preview button ?
|> >
|>
|>
the hub of the wind-on lever is another small lever. This is the multi
exposure lever. If you just push the multi-exposur lever to the left and
then operate the wind on lever the problem goes away.
Hope this helps
Frank
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