Help! Shutter release button stuck on Canon QL17 GIII...

[analox]

Hi all,

I want to ask you guys if this is correctly how a normal QL17 should work:
1. First, the shutter release button is at the "up" position (meaning that you can press it down)
2. When I want to take picture, I press the button to the "down" position and hear the shutters "click".
3. The shutter release button is now at the "down" position.
4. Advance the film level to next frame. During the advancing, the shutter button is "up" again.

The shutter on my QL17 seems to work fine for some tests but the shutter release button gets stuck quite often. The intermittent problem I encounter happens at Step 4: the shutter button is stuck at the down position. When it happens, I can not advance the film level, OR I can advance the film level but the shutter button does not come to the "up" position again.

I have tried:
1. to rotate the shutter ring couple of times until magically the shutter button is released to the "up" position again.
2. open the film back so that I can advance the film level. When the film level is advanced, sometimes, the shutter button is released to "up" position again.

Have you experienced this when using your camera? Any advice on how to fix it?

Thanks a lot & Cheers
N

 

[bayusuputra]

what i can think of is that maybe one of the spring mechanisms is stuck.. just bring it to camera hospital.. it's a really great camera.. i love mine so much!

 

[analox]

Thanks for your reply! I fixed it by putting a bit of lighter fluid (oil) to lubricate the spring mechanisms...
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-30.html

 

[bayusuputra]

That's good to hear! Have fun with your QL17!