[rollei_list] Re: AW: Re: rollei drop test....
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:33:44 -0500
At 05:48 AM 4/2/2017, you wrote:
Nothing wrong with some dings and dents on a used camera, I once
dropped a Pentax MX and it rolled over at least ten steps, and
worked like before, even though it did not look like before.
But when a single instance of distraction really destroys a camera,
these are horrible moments.
One of my worst ones was when I dropped a backpack including a
Rolleiflex SL 66 SE in 2001. The camera in the backpack was inside a
well padded Lowepro case but still ? the weight of the old 4/40
Distagon on it bent the lens rail and smashed the exposure meter
resistor under the mount, which was already unavailable then.
Regards,
Sven
Never dropped a Rollei but on a ski trip, long ago, I took a
Nikkormat and went on a night ski tour. Cross country skis, new to
me. I had a flash which mounted on the hot shoe above the
viewfinder. First step off the bus, onto an icy road and down I
went. I finally learned how to get the camera apart and fixed the
mount. Now, of course that camera probably sells for $30, or even
less, but it was painful at the time.
As a side comment, I saw a relevant cartoon in the paper today. A
mother is looking at family pictures in an album. A child asks where
the pictures of her younger sister are. Answer, "We went digital
after she was born and all the pictures are in the cloud."
I take a few hundred pictures when on trips but almost never print a
single one. Something wong here.
DAW
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