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Film camera - Shutter staying open

  • 10-01-2022 11:23am
    #1
    chewed
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    Not sure if this is an issue with my camera or lens! I bought a 2nd hand Canon 50e Film Camera recently. I've been using a 50mm 1.2 lens on it and don't have any issues, but yesterday I was trying out my Tamron 24-70 zoom lens on it. When I took a shot, the shutter/mirror seemed to stay open until I pressed the shutter button again and it closed it again.

    I have a film in it and didn't want to waste any more shots, so put back on the 1.2 lens.

    Does anyone know if this is a known issue? Could it be that the Tamron lens is not compatible with the camera? The auto focus looks to be working fine. Once the film is used up, I'll do some more tests with it when it's empty.

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  • #2
    DaireQuinlan
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    hmm hard to tell. Could be the lens, 3rd party lenses sometimes don't play well with the system bodies, could be worse if it's a newer lens or whatever. Could be something to do with aperture or something ? if the lens was shooting closed up the exposure would be longer, potentially a lot longer, giving the impression that you had to hit the button again to make it close. Best bet is to do what you're thinking of doing, finish off that roll with a lens you know actually works, then experiment with the Tamron.



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