Yikes, Peter! Snafu...big time.
I was on a river yesterday morning with the 67 shooting a covered bridge. As I was walking over the sand bar and negotiating the rocks I kept thinking of how to shift my balance to put myself in the water and hold the camera out of it in case I lost my balance. Luckily, it didn't happen and both the camera and I stayed out of the drink. I'm sure it will someday. Anyone who goes out into the wilds to shoot will eventually sacrifice something to the photographic gods. Good luck with the 24mm. This story is a good reminder to me to make sure that my serial number database is current and that the insurance company has all of the same info. -Brendan --- Peter Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I > decided to burn up > some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in > my PZ-1 and an LX > with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and > headed into the hills. > > There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall > near us and I set up > the tripod at the top to take some shots. The PZ-1 > was loaded with some > 400 ASA stuff and I snapped a few shots with that > ahead of doing some > slow speed shots of the water. I was about to reload > the PZ-1 with > Velvia when I decided that I'd rather use the slow > exposure settings of > the LX, so put the PZ-1 down, opened the LX back and > stared blankly at > the half finished roll of Velvia that was already in > it. Doh!! > > I reloaded the LX, set up the tripod, put my F28mm > f/2.8 on it and > started shooting. I then decided I wanted to go a > little wider, so went > back to the bag and picked up the FA* 24mm f/2. I > walked back to the > tripod, slipped, kicked the tripod with LX and lens > attached towards the > waterfall, made a despairing grab for the assemblage > and only succeeded > in sending the 24mm after it. > > Trying not to cry, I looked down and saw that both > lends and tripod / > body / lens were stuck against rocks in the water, > so I waded out across > the slippery rocks above the waterfall and managed > to retrieve all the kit. > > By this stage my appetite for photography had > vanished, so I went home, > put the soaking bits on the central heating boiler > to dry out and went > to read my insurance policy. > > I've just looked at the kit and the damage report > isn't as bad as I > thought. The LX looks fine, and the shutter is > working in both manual > and electronic modes, and although I got nothing out > of the meter this > morning, much to my amazement it seems to be working > perfectly now. The > finder is still a bit misty inside, and I need to > check the alignment, > but this 25 year old body seems to have survived a > 20 foot fall plus > partial immersion in a mountain stream for 5 minutes > very well. > > Even more amazingly, the 28mm also appears to have > escaped unscathed! I > put it on the PZ-1 this morning and it stopped down > and autofocused > perfectly. No damage to any glass either. > > The 24mm is slightly less well off. Mechanically and > optically still > perfect, stops down OK, but autofocus is not > functioning and my istDL > can't get any sense out of it in terms of aperture > readings etc. > > My initial despair has receded somewhat, and it > seems that all the > insurance company has to do is cough up for a repair > job on the 24mm. > > Peter > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
