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Re: [OM] Return of the everready case

Subject: Re: [OM] Return of the everready case
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:10:22 -0400
  Sounds like a good way to grow fungus Moose. Leather likes to suck
up moisture.

Charlie

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 7/25/2012 5:02 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Brown Leather Case Bag for OLYMPUS E-M5 EM5 OMD OM-D Camera 12-50mm
>> 40-150mm | eBay
>>
>> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400311681389&category=107894&emailtemplateid=47076905&sellerid=eJGfcJBwsRLo30TBaPjqxQ==&buyerid=FpRekKD1aqBfagz6VUvjQA==&refid=store&ssPageName=ADME:B:SEMK:US:LISTG>
>
> I've seen those and other similar ones. Man, they are UGLY. Do they really 
> need an inset for the clip-on flash? The need
> to keep the back open makes for a more awkward design than for film SLRs.
>
> There are some almost equally ugly and impractical designs for high end 
> compacts. Nothing new, though. My visiting son
> has the Minox C he inherited from his Grandfather. It has a simple, slip-in 
> case, but the manual shows an awkward
> looking never-ready case was available.
>
> He wants to try it out. It has an electronic shutter that took a 5.6v, 
> mercury battery. Apparently 6v silver-oxides work
> fine. But film is not available right now. Minox says the changes in the film 
> market and companies cut off its supply of
> film stock, that they are committed to finding the best replacement. I wonder 
> how long that has taken already - and will
> take.
>
> I believe it may have been JohnH who pointed out how many relatively innocent 
> bangs or drops turned into disasters when
> the never-ready case tripod screw mount/pass-throughs conveyed all the shock 
> directly into the central bottom of the body.
>
> I only use never-readies for storage. The minty OM-4Ti lives in a nice brown 
> leather one.
>
> Go Naked Moose
>
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