Yes, the MD-11 or 12 Motor drives will greatly reduce shutter life.
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On Jan 7, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Bernard_Cousineau (Redacted sender
"bernard_cousineau" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The shutter would fail, at which point he would take another FM out of his
bag and continue shooting. He had a connection who would buy his broken
cameras, and presumably repair/resell them.
He always used the cameras with a motor drive, which probably didn't help
their longevity.
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
On 01/07/2018 01:05 PM, Bernard_Cousineau (Redacted sender
bernard_cousineau for DMARC) wrote:
A friend used to run FM's for modelling tests ("cattle calls") . He gotHow did they die when they died?
them cheap because people were upgrading to AF. They would last about 6
months, running 20 to 30 rolls a day.
That's not exactly eternal life, but it's more film than most amateur
photographers would shoot in a lifetime.
I wonder if I could guess from that when my (now) rarely used FE-2 will
quit.
I prefer my Wisner 4x5 Technical field.
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