Bummer about the camera, but sounds like a wonderful trip.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jun 26, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Russ Butler wrote:
> We just returned from our motorcycle trip to Alaska from NJ and it was
> super. Alaska and the ride up and down thru MT, BC and the Yukon are
> incredibly beautiful. Snow capped mountains were in view for 19 of
> the 33 day trip!
>
> Unfortunately I don't have any OM shots to share as my OM-1n failed in
> route. I was bumbed for a while, but the scenery and the fact that the
> eyes are superb cameras kept me happy. And my wife had the stylus and
> she got plenty of shots. (How she does it I'll never know. The
> majority
> are taken on the fly, while she sits behind me, with a full face
> helmet
> on. Guess she could have been a combat photographer.)
>
> Anyway, here's what happened with the Om-1n:
> I bought the body (along with too many others) on ebay last fall.
> Pedigree unknown. Used this particular one all winter (~40 rolls)
> without a hitch. The camera was carried on the bike, (as it had
> been in
> my pickup and car all winter) in a lowerpro padded (perhaps not well
> enuf) case which was placed in with other stuff in a saddlebag.
>
> I took one shot in Thunder Bay and all was well. On an attempt a
> day or
> so later, I put the camera up to eye and the mirror was up. Weird I
> thought, re-cocked, fired and the mirror hung. On later examination I
> found that the shutter was not firing or being cocked properly as a
> transport string/cord end was visible. I concluded this was
> unlikely by
> design and less likely to be fixed by me in the field, put the camera
> back in the case, and continued on the trip.
>
> There were at least four likely stupid acts on my part that I can
> think of:
> 1. selected 1n vs 2n or 2s (against most listers' advice)
> (only excuse is that I prefer the 1n and can see the exposure better
> with eyeglasses; 2n is ok in that regard, but I have trouble with the
> leds on the 2s)
> 2. carried the camera with the shutter cocked
> 3. selected a body that hadn't been CLA'd
> 4. was too casual about protecting the camera from the vibrations and
> jolts of a long motorcycle trip
>
>
> Any additions to my 'stupid' list &/or suggestions for preventing this
> in the future are VERY welcome as I will try again.
>
> Thanks for lending an ear.
>
> --
> Russ Butler (NJ USA)
>
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