A scroll of mail from Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri,
10 Aug 2001 17:23:12 -0700
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>Just for the heck of it I thought I'd start a compendium of problems
>and complaints list members have had with their cameras and lenses,
>and any solutions that have worked to solve the problems.
Pentax ESII: Meter gave up. Camera-fixer person reckoned it was too
much trouble to replace it, so I just bought a light meter instead.
Must dig this out and use it again.
Pentax ME-II: The meter started getting a bit flaky after a few months
in a Hong Kong summer (30+ degrees C and 90%+ humidity). I went out
and bought an MZ-5.
Tamron 28-200 one touch zoom. Stopped focussing at infinity at about
the same time as the ME-ii was expiring. Solution: stop using it.
Pentax MZ-5: little nub holding RTF spring broke. Unable to hold the
RTF upright. I just use a finger to hold it up.
Pentax PZ-1p. little nub holding RTF spring broke. Unable to hold the
RTF upright. I just use a finger to hold it up.
(I must be hard on my RTFs...)
Seagull 6x6: autmatic shutter cocking mechanism expired, despite
several strip downs and rebuilds. Solution: retire the Seagull to
bookend for photo books.
Pentax 6x7: Too Damn Heavy and noisy. Great camera though. Solution:
go to the gym more often.
Pentax MX: I don't entirely trust the meter.
Pentax LX: Reputation for complexity and sticky mirror problems puts
me off buying one. (No, I don't have one, and in fact was considering
getting an Olympus to play with OTF metering.)
Pentax PZ-5: Lens mount damaged by twit knocking PA system on top of
it. Solution: shout at twit. Bought PZ-1p (for same price,
ironically).
Tokina 28-70/f2.8 Lens broken by twit above. Replaced with another.
Sigma 70-200/f4. Lens dropped. Replaced with FA* 80-200/f2.8.
That's about it. Also suffer from LPS (Lame picture syndrome), of
course.
dave
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