Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Interesting question, George. None of my digital cameras have died. I
>was thinking of all the film P&S cameras I've had over the years (
>olympus stylus,etc.) and, unless memory fails me, their death was
>almost always related to the film transport mechanism. Is there a
>pattern here? Or am I just one unusual user?
>
>Allen
>
>On 9/25/07, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>> I've never had a digital camera "die." Have others?
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Bob Shaw wrote:
>>
>> > It's on my short list to replace the G5 (it WILL die...they all
>> > do...).
>>
I've not had a digital camera die, but I know quite a few people
who've had cameras die on them. One was a D2h that got fried by being
too near a very powerful speaker magnet while it was being fed high
power. Otherwise it was usually the shutter that went.
I've had film cameras that stopped functioning, and the thing that
stopped them dead was a shutter/mirror/film transport issue.
However, the worst things were things like intermittently capping
shutters, light leaks and erratic speeds. Those things can drive you
nuts, and can take a while to figure out while you keep feeding them
more expensive film.
I'm sure that I won't be interested in using some (most) of the
digitals I have now in 10 years, but I'm also sure that they'll work
fine as long as I keep good batteries around.
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