During my initial appraisal, although the shutter was not firing, I at least discovered how to cock it: there’s a little cog which engages with the film sprockets and as the film is wound on, the cog turns and cocks the shutter. Kind of neat, but it might have been a better idea to have a more direct connection I think!
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Canon Dial 35 (part 1)
Quite a few years back now, I first saw a Canon Dial 35 camera, and was struck by the look of the thing — as an object I think it’s pretty nice to look at — however it seemed that they were always out of my reach price-wise (not literally, but they always seemed a bit expensive).
Recently I happened upon a spares-or-repairs Dial with a buy-it-now price which seemed pretty reasonable, so I bought it. The camera had not been film tested, it had a dent in the back, and the rubber trim was coming adrift. But still, I thought I’d take a chance that actually it did work, but that the owner just couldn’t test it. Maybe I’d get lucky?
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