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    Canon A1 shutter sound

    I just put a new battery in my Canon A1 (last used c. 1995) and it seems okay, although the shutter does have a loud metallic twang. That might improve with use, but I did wonder if anyone had an A1 and could say what the shutter should sound like?

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    Re: Canon A1 shutter sound

    If I remember rightly there was a lube issue that cures it.

    Here you go

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    The movie that also includes before and after sounds

    The repair manual can be found herehttp://jameskbeard.com/Photography/LegacyCanonManuals.html#RepairA



    A fellow A1 owner :)
    Last edited by TonyT; 07-03-2016, 20:48.
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      #3
      Re: Canon A1 shutter sound

      That's just excellent... many thanks!

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        #4
        Re: Canon A1 shutter sound

        Sounds like "Canon Cough", seems to affect the A series but is easily cured by DIY (if you dare) or a professional CLA if you don't want to risk your precious camera. I had mine done professionally and had the light seals renewed at the same time.

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          Re: Canon A1 shutter sound

          Don't forget; you not only have the shutter sound but the mirror flapping up and down. It's many years since I owned a Canon A1. What a terrific piece of kit in its day. I well remember drooling over one until I could afford it. It was later replaced by a T90 which was also joined a little later by an F1n with power winder and auto aperture prism head. This camera could even operate without a battery, although you only had the one shutter speed of 1/90th sec.

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