" Shutter Problem "

[drg]

The understatement of the month.

A friend appeared with a camera this week and wanted to know what wasn't working properly . . . could I maybe see what's wrong or fix it?

Then he dumped this out of the bottom of the bag and said "Where's the rest of the film?" I gently broke it to him that the camera was a goner, this wasn't film, it was his shutter.

I'm not really sure how this occured, the story is vague, but he is all fixed now with a newer camera.

From a Canon T50 (FD mount).

[Xia_Ke]

Doh!....lol I'm curious as to what kind of "vague story" would explain that...LOL

[fx101]

Hahahahaha!!!! Wild night ?

[Frog]

Can't it be held together with duct tape?

[gahspidy]

yes, the story should be interesting . . .

[another view]

yes, the story should be interesting . . .

Should be very interesting!

[susaan]

Looks like something that would happen to me..making notes lol.

[gahspidy]

Should be very interesting!

I shutter to think of what might have happened on this unfortunate day . . . .

[drg]

I shutter to think of what might have happened on this unfortunate day . . . .

Well there was a party, teenagers, cameras being passed around etc.

Then, the now defunct camera had film stuck in the shutter supposedly once before and a repair shop had fixed that. That and an old roll of film that had disintigrated once before gave someone the idea that as long as you pulled all the pieces out, it would work . . .

I've demonstrated how to load the camera, use it, and unload it (manual rewind that if the release isn't held will shred the film).

Whatever really happened, it was over in a snap.