Received a Canon Canonet QL 25 from my uncle when he moved his house, delighted to see such a old and well protected camera! decided to stripped it right away! see pictures below.
Short introduction on the camera:
The Canonet QL range was introduced by Canon in March 1965, as a development of the Canonet. They are 35mm rangefinder cameras with shutter priority CdS-meter controlled auto exposure and manual override. Each is fitted with the Canon QL quick film loading system.
Specification
| Type | 35mm Lens Shutter rangerfinder camera with shutter speed-priority EE |
| Picture Size | 24 x 36 mm |
| Normal Lens | Canon SE 45mm f/2.5 (5 elements in 4 groups) |
| Shutter | Copal SLV; B, 1/15 to 1/500 sec. No self-timer (separate Self-timer 7 used). X-sync flash with German socket. |
| Viewfinder | Coincidence rangefinder integrated with reversed Galilean viewfinder. Automatic parallax correction with projected frames and marked finder. 0.7x magnification. Viewfinder bottom features aperture scale (f/2.5 - f/16) and match needle correct exposure window/exposure warning indicator. |
| Exposure Meter and EE | CdS comb-controlled shutter speed-priority EE. Metering range of EV 3.5 - 19 (at ISO 100). Film speed range of ISO 25 - 400. Manual exposure enabled by disabling AUTO. |
| Power Source | One 1.3 V MP mercury cell |
| Film Loading & Advance | After opening camera back, film leader is aligned at mark then advanced to first frame with Quick Loading (QL) system. Advances with camera-top lever. (120° single stroke) |
| Frame Counter | Counts up. Resets automatically when camera back is opened. |
| Film Rewind | Camera-top crank |
| Dimensions & Weight | 140 x 79 x 38 mm, 760 g |
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So i decided to striped open the camera since the viewfinder is blurred, a fun process to strip open and see how precise the camera was.
It was great to collect such a vintage camera which is 40 years old!!
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