Re: Camera recommendations

[leongkt@xxxxxxxxx (Leong, Ka Tai)]

Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:54:35 +0000,  Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:

>Once you have experienced the force with which the rotating drum of
>the 202 starts and stops (in high-speed mode), you will wonder how
>on earth it *could* band at all.
>conditions where the 202 keeps shooting like
>nothing happened....even my EOS-1's have failed where the 202 kept
>spinning....8-))

Sounds like you are talking about the AK47 <g>.

>Most complaints with banding on the 202 are the result of
>misunderstanding flare from direct sunlight (can result in very
>rigid vertical lines, splitting the image in differently exposed
>parts[1]), and not pressing the shutter all the way down in a quick
>motion (this can even bring the drum to a halt halfway in the
>slow-speed mode).
>
>In very rare occassions it is also possible for the shutter to stay
>open when recocking/transporting film....but only when you do this in
>multiple, short strokes....when done in one motion, all is fine.

Good advice, I shall keep that in mind.

Ka Tai

Leong Ka Tai
Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers