We in North Central Texas seldom experience severe enough winters to test
certain theories so I took advantage of this week's sub-freezing
temperatures. I left my Can-not-an-OM-onet GIII QL17 (all manual RF except
for the cds meter) in the car for two or three days to get good and cold,
then took it out to shoot. Worked perfectly. Of course the average
temperature between the ups and downs was nearer 40 F than sub-zero, and I
need to repeat this test alongside my all-electronic T70 bodies...the temp's
supposed to drop again this weekend so we'll see.
As I recall when living in Florida one of my T70 bodies got cranky in high
humidity - the reflex mirror wouldn't drop and the winder wouldn't advance
until I'd pressed the shutter release a second time. Here in Texas the
outrageous summer heat alone hasn't been enough to bother my T70s.
The FTbn and OM-1? They don't care. Okay, boiling water might bother 'em a
little.
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Lex Jenkins
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"It is a mystery wrapped in a riddle shrouded in an enigma powdered
with a paradox with little shiny sprinkles of bemusement on top."
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So my question is, any of you experience where a camera that was
electronics dependent had failed where a fully mechanical one didn't?
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