Well my Minolta 7sii still has light leaks. Yakov, a local guy who I paid to CLA the camera, is giving it one more shot. It’s discouraging that he can’t seem to fix the light leaks as he’s had over 20 years working with cameras. I’m confident he will….I think.

I also purchased another Canonet G-III QL with a stuck shutter. I did manage to follow these directions on opening up the front element to lubricate the lens and got it unstuck. I drilled the lens element as directed and actually used two wine openers to screw the lens off. It worked. I then had to lubricate the lens with lighter fluid until the shutter snapped. Next step was to keep adding a little more lighter fluid and gently clean the lens with a q-tip. Now the shutter is snapping with no difficulties although the meter does seem to be off. Not really worried about the meter as I can still use the camera manually which was my intention anyway. I was amazed that I made it work. Now I just have to replace the light seals on it and do a test roll. Jon Goodman who sells camera seals on evilbay (id: interslice) has been a savior.

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