Well, it's not what it seems. But what happened today is very strange,
and I'll need some help from another F70 owner. Here's the story:
Today I was cleaning my lenses and my camera. The F70 lay on a jeans,
which in turn lay on top of my desk. The camera was turned on with the
flash popped up, so when I grabbed it, and inadvertently touched the
release, the flash lighted up. But the flash was in direct contact with
the jeans and the flash left a mark burned-in!!! There was even a little
smoke coming out from my jeans!!! I said to myself that I was seeing
things that couldn't happen, so I repeated the procedure, this time on
purpose. Same result. So I tried different things and I came to this
conclusion: The flash burns Levi's jeans every time there's a cover on
the lens mount. (I blame it on the TTL-flash metering, which might be
lighting the flash at its maximum power because there's no response
coming back through the lens.) So my question to you F70 owners is this:
Does this happen with your camera too? I don't want to bring the camera
in for servicing if there's nothing wrong with it. If you decide to try
this, please do it exactly the same way I did it: camera in M-mode,
cover on the lens mount, and direct contact between flash and jeans.
(For your information, the marks disappeared after I washed them.)
Thanks a lot for your input.
Friedrich
Graz, Austria
PD: Try this only at your own risk! I'm not responsible for anything
that may happen to you or your equipment or clothes!
