CANON CANONET 28 - Removing the Top and Bottom Covers and Door - PART THREE (Final)

Removing the door:



25. Using a small jeweller/watch-maker's punch to 'tap' out the door hinge pin.



26. Using pliers to remove the door hinge completely
(NOTE: use of masking tape to protect the door hinge pin from the pliers' teeth.)


27. Door hinge pin removed

CANON CANONET 28 - Removing the Top and Bottom Covers and Door - PART TWO

Removing the top cover:


10. The top cover is secured to the body at five points: 3 small screws; two on either side of the strap lugs, one on the back (just below the film advance lever), The film rewind lever and a ring screw which holds the shutter button components in place. In order not to damage the 'ring screw' around the shutter button, I place masking tape over the ring screw.


11. With the rubber end of a small hammer (this small hammer has a rubber head and a plastic/nylon head) I push down onto the ring-screw. The masking tape helps the rubber 'grip' to the screw for its removal.


12. Pressing down and rotating firmly, the ring-screw is removed.


13. Ring-Screw (Chrome covered.)


14. Thin 'wavy' metal washer.


15. Slightly thicker metal washer.


16. Film advance lever


17. Thick metal washer
(Protects the top cover from the advance lever.)


18. Shutter button.


19. Shutter button support.


20. Shutter button/Film advance lever components removed.


21. Shutter button/Film advance lever components shown in order of removal: 1-7


22. Removing the Film rewind lever, by using a wooden chop-stick so as not to scratch/damage the inside of the film chamber (See also earlier posts.)


23. Top removed.


24. Flash hot-shoe contacts (inside).

CANON CANONET 28 - Removing the Top and Bottom Covers and Door - PART ONE

1. The CANON CANONET 28.




2.& 3. The light seals are in need of changing: the seals on this camera have desintegrated and become 'sticky/gooey'. A thorough cleaning is necessary before replacing the seals.("Interslice" seals used as always - google: "interslice seals kit Jon Goodman")

4. Cleaning out the old seals in the top groove is probably the most 'fiddly' part of the process. I found it easier to get a 'better clean' after removing the top cover.


Removing the bottom cover plate:




5. Two small cross-head screws secure the bottom cover plate to the body. BE CAREFUL when taking the cover off...


6. There is a small clip which acts as a spring- tension/support for the battery cover door.


7. I placed a small strip of masking tape to hold the clip in place.


8. The 'seal' around the film rewind-release button has also desintegrated and needs replacing. In some cameras, its possible that the seals have desintegrated past the 'sticky/gooey' stage and have dried up completely - this stage can be worse. The 'dried up' pieces are just like having dust 'stuck' inside the camera.


9.The base of the camera after cleaning.

TWO CANONET 28 Rangefinders: Same but different...

TWO CANONET 28 Rangefinders: Same but different...

From the front, both cameras appear identical.

However, there are a couple of subtle differences: On the back door the serial numer plates are different (On the left "made in Japan", on the right "Made in Taiwan, R.O.C.")

The film re-wind knobs are different also: On the left, the japanese model; on the right, the taiwanese model.