Burleigh Brooks, Inc. - are they still in business? I owned a
Brooks-Plaubel Veriwide for a while.
On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 2:49 PM, `Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I have twice dropped a camera resulting in serious damage. The first
time was my first Rolleicord IV, dropped on the concrete. That one went to
Burlie Brooks and came back like new. That must have been over forty years
ago so I don't have any memory of what it cost. The camera was still
operative after being dropped but the film winding knob wobbled. That
camera was stolen many years ago but I was able to find a replacement which
I still have the Rolleicord IV is a favorite camera. The other camera was
a Nikon F1, dropped on the concrete and hit nose first. It had a lens shade
on it but that didn't save it. Something happened to the wind mechanism. I
was able to get another body for less than it would have cost to repair so
its now a parts cow. I have two Nikon Fs, another favorite camera although
I think Canon had better lenses. Otherwise I have managed not to have any
disasters.
For years the Pentax was a favorite photo-journalism camera. Much
cheaper than a Leica or Nikon but wore out quicker. They were so cheap one
could beat them to death and replace it with a new camera for less than
overhauling a Leica or Nikon would cost and the pix were about as good, at
least for the purpose.
My other favorite is the venerable and honorable Speed Graphic, I have
several. I've managed not to drop one but in the days when it was the
standard news camera photographers considered them expendable and traded it
in on a new one every year the way that traveling salesmen did with
Cadillacs.
On 4/2/2017 11:33 AM, Don Williams wrote:
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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Richard Knoppowdickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
WB6KBL
