I went with my friend to Death Valley. I was going to bring my
cheapo point n shoot, and he said "Leave your toy at home". He was
debating bringing his Hasselblad or his Minolta Maxxum, and he ended
up bringing the Minolta (I think because he had about 8 rolls of 35mm
left, and only 1 roll of 120) Anyway, we were doing great, beautiful,
Death Valley is just filled with interesting sites, sounds, and
colors.
So we are there, in the dead of summer, with 24 bottles of water in
the trunk, and a wet towel on our heads. We step out of the car to
take a picture of the devils sand trap (At least that's what I think
it was called).. And his Minolta failed. I'm sure the fact that it
was <10midity, and 137 degrees had something to do with it... But
it wouldn't work. So we had NO pictures from that trip. I was
pissed, you can only imagine what he felt like. We were standing in
(Badwater???) I think that was what it was called, the lowest point.
No pictures... He bitched the entire way back about how a fully
mechanical Hassey 501 should have been what he brought...
When we got back into Vegas, and into the hotel, a comfortable 75
degrees... the camera worked again. So I'm not too trusting (from
experience) of highly electronics based cameras...
So my question is, any of you experience where a camera that was
electronics dependent had failed where a fully mechanical one didn't?
I hate depending on batteries... I've yet to see a Hasselblad
fail.. Or a Leica R6.2...
My friend is about to buy a Canon Elan 7E, with like eye focus or
something to that effect... I don't know it seems convient but I'm
not convinced about the durability of it, and just how much
electronics are in there scares me in terms of reliability..
Am I being too paranoid by 1 bad experience, or is my paranoia
against electronics just that... paranoia? That's why I'm leaning
towards the OM-1n by the way, just as a background...
Thanks!
Albert
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