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How to Check / Test / Load an SLR 35mm Film Camera Part 1 - Shutter Speed / Mirror / Light Seal

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How to Check / Test / Load an SLR 35mm Film Camera Part 1 - Shutter Speed / Mirror / Light Seal

48,122 views October 29, 2013 6:46

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0: battery
0m55 - shutter operation / shutter release lock / B setting / shutter speeds 1sec to 1/1000
4m30 - Mirror function / aperture release lever / stuck mirror
5m50 - Front / mirror light seal - can go sticky

People are buying SLR (single lens reflex) film cameras from the 70's and 80's to have a go at 35mm film photography. Here are some tips for how to check over the main functions of a secondhand film SLR camera. (You would have to shoot and develop a film to be definite on how well it works)
Part 2 covers Lenses, Loading Film, TTL 'through the lens metering' and Light Seals

See youtube.com/watch?v=PnwT-cdydJA for replacing light seals

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event1tv published this 6:46 video tutorial on October 29, 2013. It has been watched 48,122 times on YouTube.

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