Whoo that IS a nightmare, a camera just locking up on
you and refusing to unstick... Only nightmare I have
that is worse is the prospect of dropping my shift
lens onto concrete like the scratched one Jim Brokaw
got. Or dunking it in salt water.
Mark Lloyd
--- gries <gries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, it happened this morning. I was happily
> shooting the Calder
> sculpture in front of Federal Plaza, when the -4Ti
> just locked up and
> wouldn't let the shutter go. I spun the dial around
> to Mech. B 60, but
> w/ no success - it was worse than I thought! Radio
> Shack didn't open
> until 8:30, so I had to wait in agony until I could
> get to the bottom of
> the situation.
>
> Well, after replacing the battery - nothing. No
> beep from the battery
> check, no movement in the shutter, nothing! I
> release the roll of film
> and remove it from the camera. Shutter was closed,
> but still nothing
> working. There was a rattle coming from the camera
> - what I presumed to
> be a limp mirror flopping around helplessly.
>
> Thankfully when I removed the lens I saw the new 2-4
> screen removed form
> its housing and jamming up the whole works. It
> suffered a small
> scratch, but to have my camera back was pleasing
> enough. I knew it was
> punishment for not going to mass this morning, but I
> guess a quick
> repentance helped me to recover my favorite body! ;)
> what a morning...
>
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