henry_ting2 Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Apart from battery-dependent camera, its the electronics that always clonk out on me, making it totally unuseable. This happened to my CD-player, automobile, camera, computers, washer & dryer etc etc etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk_arts Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 I REMEMBER BOB!!!!!! Only i was in Maine that summer, and by that point it was a big rain storm... Yes, i know, sometimes I really like the idea of a completely manual camera... as far as i can tell, there is no way to get the film from my RX if the batteries die mid roll... with my FM, if the batteries die, I just whip out my battery free Sykonic and keep shooting... Still, the electromagnetic quartz timed shutter is prob much more reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_perlis Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 "Now I remember why I stopped posting." Read his techie posts and learn, take the rest with a tablespoon of ipecac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito sobrinho Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 I am with Jay. My only daughter lives in Ft. Lauderdale and works professionally as a photographer. ( college art graduated-2 years). When Andrews came, we din't know where it was going to strike. Did I call her to make sure she had battery in her digital camera? No!!! Did I tell her I was happy her Hasselblad+ view camera were pure mechanical and so she would not worry? No fellows, I called the arlines and sent her a ticket. She was in the last plane to leave Ft. Lauderdale to Atlanta area where we live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier_reichenbach Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 Douglas, I have. I lost the power in my... M6. Quick! I changed for the spare battery I always smartly carry (I am not very good at adapting the «Sunny sixteen» rule for slides under a rapidly changing sky ;-)) Oups... Still no meter! Turned out it was a bad contact from oxydization of the battery cover. But it was too late. Learn and live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 I have a bunch of cameras which need no battery: Leica IIIc, Zeiss Contaflex, Contessa, Wirgin Edixa 16, Edixa 16M, Edixa 16MB, Minox IIIs, Minox B, Great Wall 6X6 SLR, covering whole range of 6x6, 35mm 16mm and 8x11mm<p> I also stocked up several hundred feet of various film from TP, PanF+, APX25 to Copex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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