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Subject: [OM] Fw: Dan don't ruin the camera!!!
From: "Samuel Morales" <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:18:43 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel Morales <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:17 PM
Subject: Fw: Dan don't ruin the camera!!!


>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Samuel Morales <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:12 PM
>Subject: Re: Dan don't ruin the camera!!!
>
>
>>Dan,
>>
>>Don't ruin the camera and start gluing things and bending things.  It's
>likeflying have a check system every-time you shoot in your mind as back-up
>to catch mistakes.  I always constantly re-check my camera every 4-5
frames.
>>
>Try to develop a ritual and never assume everything is right.  Try to have
>two of everything with your assignments if they are really important,  just
>as back up and even sometimes this does not work.
>>
>>Even the most experienced photographers make mistakes.  I recall on a
photo
>shoot I did.  I loaded my OM-1 with a fresh roll of film.  I grabbed the
>camera body and proceeded to shoot.  When I got close to the end of the
roll
>>(so I thought) frame 28 or 30, I noticed my rewind crank was not turning
>asI fired with my winder and I thought, it can't be, did I thread it wrong.
>>
>>I released the rewind lever and rewound the film even though  I could tell
>there was no film in the camera, but I wanted to make sure.  I counted
>frames as I cranked the handle.
>>
>>When I opened the camera back their was no film in the camera.  Yes I felt
>pretty stupid, but I grabbed the wrong camera and I assumed the camera I
had
>picked was the one that had film in it.  I wasted about 20 minutes worth of
>shooting but I caught the mistake in time to make up for it.
>>
>>So, always, always, try to double and triple check your camera after every
>few frames.
>>
>>It is also very easy to screw up on the f-stop setting when you have
>pre-determined the amount of light you are going to use.  When you set the
>camera down you accidentally change the f-stop and do not realize it.  If
>you check every three frames or so, at worst, you only lose a few frames,
>hopefully.
>>
>>Sam.....
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bhinderks@xxxxxxxxx <bhinderks@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:51 PM
>>Subject: Re: [OM] That darn FP/X switch...
>>
>>
>>>At 03:19 PM 4/27/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>I am ready to throw this piece of sh.. called the OM-1 into
>>>>the river ...
>>>>
>>>>Well, unless someone can help me out.  For the third time,
>>>>I had a shooting session ruined because the FP/X switch on
>>>>my OM-1 got accidentally switched to FP (I have a feeling
>>>>it happened during one of the many lens changes).  All the
>>>>flash shots after that were black, with no indications at
>>>>the time since the flash still flashed.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Dan,
>>>Settle down now fella. Been using my OM-1 since '76 and only ever had
this
>>>happen once. If you want the sure cure a dab of nail polish at the base
of
>>>the switch --- once it is in x-synch position should solve it for you.
>>>Didn't do mine - now just make sure I occasionaly check it.
>>>
>>>Barry H
>>>
>>>
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