Somewhat related, does anyone remember some
record that was set for a motor drive for number
of exposures? You can use AC current for the
Nikon F2 motor as an alt.
Rich
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 01/06/2018 02:15 PM, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
I am profoundly sympathetic with the sentiment of this post, but have
one slight reservation. I was touring in the south of France, and while
in the "aero-city" theme park near the Ardeche, my Canonet QL17 got
slightly splashed with water. The water entered the shutter mechanism
and the camera has never worked since. Lovely lens though.
Best
Laurence Cuffe
I slipped and fell into the Merced River (or one of its little
tributaries) in Yosemite park in about 1974. I was holding my Nikkormat
FTn in one hand. I was in over my head, but I managed to keep the camera
out of the water until a well-meaning person tried to rescue me. I asked
that he take the camera, but his help tipped me over and the camera got
soaked. As soon as I got out, I removed the battery and shook the water
out of the camera. I also removed the film and let it dry a few hours in
the sun. The shutter sounded a little slow, but it worked. I did switch
to black-and-white film.
A week later I took it to Marty Forscher an his merry men. They replaced
the shutter, did a CLA, and it was as good as new. For some reason, no
water went into the lens.
I am glad that was fresh water.
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