Sabre Θ∆ 2d ago

Poking around on a #repair of a very inexpensive Canon EOS 5 QD (film, equivalent to the Canon A2)

It runs very hot and drained a new battery in minutes; the flash capacitors test at a normal capacitance for the listed values, but this board (Canon part 1550 - DC/DC assembly) smells funky. Anyone know what the component 254 Yd- is? Position label on the board is PG.

The flash caps test normal, and we have spares for those anyway. The battery has shown at a normal level on other cameras which take the same type (Pentax SF7) so whatever is faulty on this board is causing the battery to discharge hard, with gradual recovery afterward.

If anyone knows anything which might help, please let me know <3

#camerarepair #filmPhotography #35mm #CanonCamera #camera

Show threadPurple Skies2d ago

@sabremc i work with a camera nutjob, ill ask him tomorrow.

id use the word enthusiast, but nutjob would be more accurate.

Show threadSabre Θ∆ 
@Leviamicky thank you <3
Mar 23 at 2:55amWeb
Show threadPurple Skies1d ago
@sabremc camera nerd coworker largely agrees with what other commenters are saying, blaming the caps or the thing charging them. says probs what he would do is get a broken camera with the same component being sold for parts (at a swap/on ebay) and replace the whole board.