I think you are right Zos. All I can recall clearly is that my thumb severely mangled the moving part of the shutter mechanism. The damaged cloth shutter I was thinking of was in the Leica I inherited and had to have repaired. Still haven't put any film through that paper weight!
stan On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > Didn't the pz-1p have a titanium vertical shutter? I think it would be > pretty hard to get to 1/8000 with a cloth shutter.... > > Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: >>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> People have mentioned a concern with "losing" cards as a reason to >> go >>>>>> with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images that >>>>>> might be lost. I have two thoughts about that. First, if it is a >> 32GB >>>>>> or 64GB card in the camera and I almost certainly won't fill the >> card >>>>>> in one day of vacation/travel shooting, then the card stays in the >>>>>> camera all day. The only way to lose it is to lose the camera. If >> it >>>>>> is a smaller capacity card that I need to swap out during the day, >>>>>> then there would be more chance of physically losing or damaging >> the >>>>>> card during or after a card swap. The second kind of "lose" of >> images >>>>>> could be from a failure of the SD card itself. Again, I assume >> that >>>>>> less handling of the cards will reduce the chance of causing >> damage >>>>>> to the cards, and again the strategy of "big card, don't swap" >> makes >>>>>> sense to me. >>>>> >>>>> How do you back up your day's shooting? >>>> >>>> Download to my laptop (using LR) with a backup to an external hard >> drive. >>>> >>>> Depending on card capacity, how many cards I have with me, what is >> up >>>> the next day, etc. I may just put the card back in the camera or I >> may >>>> store it and put in a fresh card. At the end of a trip I would like >>>> to have three copies of everything: laptop hard drive, external hard >>>> drive, and originals on the card(s). If I am running short of space >> on >>>> the card(s) I'll go ahead and reformat one or two but I try to avoid >>>> that just to be safe. >>> >>> Okay, so you do pop the card out to download -- that wasn't clear >> from >>> your previous post. >>> -- >> >> Yes, but only in the peace and quiet of a hotel room, etc. >> Back in the BD era (before digital), I was in a dugout canoe being >> taken across a small river in Panama on my way to visit a native >> village, a village noted for their artisans. Reallylooking forward to >> some shots of the locals at work and of thier finished product. Spotted >> a couple of Ibis along the shore. Snapped the last frame on the roll in >> the camera (PZ-1p), quickly rewound, reloaded. In my haste, a certain >> amount of rocking back and forth of the dugout ensued. No, I didn't >> drop either film or camera in the river. Instead I poked my thumb >> through the cloth shutter curtain. The end of photography for that >> trip. Lesson 1: it is worth the bother to carry a 2nd camera. Lesson 2: >> don't try to change film in a dugout canoe while in the middle of a >> river. I have since extrapolated #2 to a more general lesson: don't >> change recording media in the heat of the moment; wait for a quiet time >> and place, thus avoiding potential disasters that might befall media >> and/or camera. >> >> stan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
