Thanks John, good to know. Don
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Experience with Super A/Program? > > > Hi. > > I agree with the positive reliability and handling comments with > two exceptions, those being problems with electrical contacts > both in the shutter release and on the ring in the lens mount > that transmits aperture information from the lens to the body. > > I've had two Super Programs since the mid '80s, and both have had > the same problems. The shutter release problem was failure of > partial depression of the shutter release to switch on the meter. > Full depression has alwoays worked fine. > > The other problem was wide variations of exposure readings, with > the meter reading sometime bouncing up and down wildly at a light > touch to the aperture setting ring. > > I tracked both problems to dirty contacts; CLAs provided fixes > that that lasted for a year or two; I went through several of > those on each body. > > Several years ago I decided it was no longer worth spending money > on those bodies and experimented with using electronic contact > cleaners on the problem areas. Regular contact cleaners (mostly > isopropyl alcohol, I think) were moderately effective. A Radio > Shack contact cleaner/lubricant worked very well indeed and the > cameras have worked perfectly ever since. Just be careful to use > the contact cleaners very carefully so they don't get spread > around the body too much. I tend to spray small amounts on Q-tips > and squeeze sparingly into the appropriate locations. There is a > risk of clouding the LCD panels in the viewfinder if you get too > much of the cleaner running around in the body, as I have > discovered from personal experience... > > Note that the contacts may not be a common problem. I've have > given the cameras a pretty rough life. A lot of time in the bush > and on very rough, dusty roads, often in extreme cold. > > Hope that helps. > > John Poirier > Yellowknife,NWT,Canada > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:12 pm > Subject: Re: Experience with Super A/Program? > > > My SuperProgram (SuperA) has never been anything but dead reliable. > > Been thinking about buying a second one as a backup body for it. It > > does seem to eat batteries faster than any of my other cameras, > > but I > > think I can live with that. > > > > -Mat > > > > > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:54:31 -0500, Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Who's had a fair amount of experience with the Super > > A/Program, has it > > > > proven trustworthy and fairly consistent in it's performance? > > > > >
