[milou]

Bah indeed.

I wanted to see how my 17-40L looked on a full frame camera so having bought an EOS650 for £20 from eBay, off I set with two rolls of B & W film. I had a happy time snapping 70 frames in Bournemouth & Winchester. And yes, the 17-40 looks good on a full frame. Having picked up the developed film today, my local camera shop advised that I had “a sticky shutter which is why you’ll see that a third of the frame is undeveloped…”

I did check the camera over when I received it but I must’ve missed the sticky blinds. Long exposures were unaffected but as 99% were taken at f8 or lower…

Live & learn eh?!

David

This is Winchester Cathedral (apparently...):

[Steve]

Thats tough milou, from the bits of the pictures I can see it looks like both shots would have been excellent :icon_eek:

It may have been cheap of Ebay but unless it was described as faulty I would certainly be contacting the seller to get my money back.

Maybe as a last resort you could take a double exposure, one with the camera the correct way and one upside down, then join the two for one complete picture.

Honestly mate, I feel sorry for you.

[dazzajl]

It might be as simple as some grime in the blind runners. Since it's not going to be worth sending off for repair you've little to lose by having a gentle poke around and using some canned air.

Fingers crossed.

[milou]

Cheers

My local camera shop said that this was a common problem on that range of EOS cameras and I can either try and fix myself (!) or they can do it for about 25 quid.

I only had the Kodak iso 400 film printed - 'tis a shame as I wanted to see how the Ilford FP4 iso 125 turned out as that had some wonderful light under Bournemouth pier - whether I captured or not, I'll never know! Still, I enoyed taking the shots and the anticpation of wondering how they would turn out.

/muses on value and justification of a 5D...

[dazzajl]

/muses on value and justification of a 5D...

£25 to fix the 620 or £2000 for a 5D. With so little in it I can see why you'd have a hard time choosing. :lol:

[IanC_UK]

Dont think the 5d is weather proof either so would be a waste for me ! lol

Definitely got to be worth a little play around inside and see if you can free it up though ! The shots do look to have been excellent if they had been complete !

[milou]

Heh

Aye, there's a couple of good points there!

I think I might get the camera repaired for those wi-i-d-e shots and maybe change the 300d for a 20d.

I was really nice looking through a larger and brighter viewfinder.

[Matty]

i bought a 420EZ Speelite that goes with the 650, it only works in manual mode on the 300d but its something for me to practice with, and it was only £10!!

[milou]

One came out ok: http://www.pbase.com/image/49696244

Cropped the first one: http://www.pbase.com/image/49696549 - usable just about.

[noah]

i had exactly the same problem with my eos 600, it was the rubbers that damp the shutter which began sticking to it causing the delay. apparently it happens after 10-15 years which is about right for these cameras. i got mine fixed for about £40 in labour (15p for the rubbers) and it was fine.

i lost 5 rolls of film from a holiday in thailand before i foiund it, so count yourself lucky.

hope it helps

[milou]

Cheers - will take the camera in tomorrow for repairs.