On 8/29/05, Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > As I mentioned in my last message, I left home to the Aeolian > Islands on the 13th. I'm not the kind of guy who believes much > in luck, but that number's fame should have a bit of meaning > after all... > > I had five bodies with me, *ist D, LX, Fuji GS645, Yashica T5 > and Ricoh GR1. > The last one was the first to go: it stopped working probably > after a couple of days. I had it mostly for real B&W shots, and > used it a bit before noticing that it was not exactly working > properly - it sounded like it was but in fact the shutter did > not open... > > After a week we went to a tour of other two islands, Panarea and > Stromboli. I had filled 1,5 GB with the D when suddenly it > freezed. I thought: "well, it happened before, I just have to > leave the battery out for few hours and the camera comes back to > life". I did not... :-( > I tried several times during the week but with no avail. Luckily > it's still under warranty. > > Then the LX, my only SLR left, started behaving strangely. > Sometimes the aperture remained stopped down after the shot was > taken. Then the mirror started to remain up. I managed to make > it work even under those circumstances but you can guess how sad > I was. The mirror was probably a battery thing, but the lever > that stops down the aperture is a bit loose and resting a bit > higher than normal. Another one that will go to Florence for > repair. This one is my older and more used LX; I guess I should > have sent it in for a CLA a long time ago. > > When I came back home I found both my "new" computers not > working. My brother said he had taken the newer one to the shop > for a check and there it worked, or so I'm told. Now it is going > there againg... Grrrrrrrrr > :-( > > Maybe a trip to Lourdes is in order... > > Ciao, > > Gianfranco >
Ouch! Technology is a great thing - until it breaks down. <g> Hope you get all your stuff sorted out and working, Gianfranco. I feel for you. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
