On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, T Rittenhouse wrote: > Why would you be afraid of damaging the flash attachment? I use mine. There
Its more of a fear of damaging the camera itself, really. > may be a problem of 50 years corrosion in the flash contacts. It is > something of a Chinese puzzle but you can take it apart and clean them. Truthfully, the contacts are corroded behind belef on this, but again, that's OK by me, for now. I think the rangefinder is broken, too. It doesn't seem to do anything. > Pick up a daylight developing tank for $5 or $10 and develop the film > yourself. Prints are not ridiculously expensive but around here the only two > places that will develop 4x5 B&W want $5 a sheet so it is a do it yourself They'll do it here for $2.15 a sheet, whether its colour, B&W, or transparency. However, I'm prety sure I'll be doing it myself, at some point. > Above all have fun, you wouldn't believe the attention you will attract with > that thing. I took it outside today just to get an idea of h9ow it works, and play for a minute, and the focal length, and everything. Even though I had it hung up on my crappy Quantaray tripoid, and was using a shirt as a drop cloth, it was like total magic just lookign through it, and playing just a bit. I cannot absolutely wait to start using it. Somehow, when I was out there iwth it, I felt like more of an artist than I ever had with a 35mm camera. It was just pure magic. I think I'm a LF convert. Oh well, I was so hoping to join that 67 brotherhood I heard so much about, too. :) -- http://www.infotainment.org "The destructive character is cheerful." - Walter Benjamin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
