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G7 shutter damaged?

Started Apr 5, 2020 | Questions thread
Helen
Helen Veteran Member • Posts: 7,606
Re: G7 shutter damaged?

Aberaeron wrote:

It looks like it is damaged. For a start, when the lens is removed the shutter should be open, not closed. Secondly the shutter is obviously misaligned. This camera is probably not functional or reliable.

It is worth zero like that to most people because a new shutter will cost more than an alternative body in good condition.

Unless the whole thing is a set-up with some ulterior motive.

Totally agree - the first two shots show the shutter in a mangled state - even if it was straightened out later for the other shots, it's unlikely to be working correctly after that and in any case, as you say, it shouldn't be visible and closed anyway.  The camera actually appears to be a G80 (or G85, G81 or G8, depending on where it was originally purchased) which would normally be a positive, but given the shutter condition, sadly not.

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