What a great story. That was fun to read. And it should make Chaso feel MUCH
better.
Ray Allen. Sydney. Australia.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: HELP! - Have I ruined my PZ-1p's shutter curtains by touching
them?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chaso DeChaso"
> Subject: HELP! - Have I ruined my PZ-1p's shutter curtains by
> touching them?
>
> <snip>
> > At some point in the evening, when re-loading my
> > PZ-1p, I managed to press my thumb directly into the
> > shutter curtains. It was hard enough so that I
> > actually felt some deflection of the curtains under my
> > touch.
>
> <more snip>
> > My question is what to do next. How much damage am I
> > like to have caused? Can this be assessed easily?
> > What expense is involved in fixing or replacing this
> > part of the camera? Should I send it to Pentax or
> > what?
>
> The likelihood of having done any damage is pretty small.
> An anecdotal story about shutters.
> This took place several years ago.
> I was working at my lab when I heard a customer being very loud
> and abusive to my co-worker in the store.
> I went to see what the deal was, and as I rounded the counter I
> saw that my co-worker was holding a Pentax SF-10 body. Being the
> sensitive girl that she was, she handed me the camera and ran
> into the back room.
> So, there I am, with a camera that I have never seen before, and
> a screaming abusive customer.
> Being somewhat larger than him, and definitely possessing a far
> worse attitude than he was able to muster, I calmed him down to
> the point where he became lucid again.
> This didn't go far towards resolving the issue at hand.
> At this point, he told me what he thought about my company, me,
> Pentax, and the world in general, using multiple repetitions of
> a rather coarse word that starts with "f".
> He then told me to throw the camera into the garbage.
> I asked him if he was sure about that, and he assured me twice
> more that this was what he wanted.
> After he left the store, I decided to see exactly what it was
> that I had been abused over.
> It turned out that the shutter curtain had been punched in hard
> enough that they were actually deformed quite badly, and the
> shutter was non functional.
> The problem was that this was the second time that the shutter
> had "failed", and the customer was miffed that Pentax wanted
> another $170.00 to replace it.
> I took out my Swiss Army Knife, gently pulled the blades out of
> the shutter completely on their free side (the blades are
> attached on one side only, on the other side they just run on a
> guide).
> Much to my surprise, the blades appeared to regain their former
> shape, with no visible signs of bending or warpage.
> So, I very carefully put the blades back into their guide. and
> tested to see if it worked.
> It worked perfectly. I ended up giving the camera to a friend
> who is using it to this day, with absolutely no problems.
>
> So, I would just put this little incident behind me and go out
> and enjoy the camera. If you are really curious, you could take
> the lens off and point the thing at the sun for a half minute or
> so to see if the shutter leaks light and run the shutter through
> all it's speeds to see if it is relatively linear.
> Personally, I would just keep using it.
>
> >
> > The sad thing is that this was a brand new camera
> > (one-month old!) - and now I feel like I will never
> > trust it to be working properly unless I have so much
> > of the "guts" replaced.
>
> Suck it up big boy!! It ain't that serious.
> >
> > Thanks everyone,
>
> Yer welcome.
>
> William Robb
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>
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