Re: Error Condition Re: re: Cross-eyed Kodak

[P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a message from Bill Davis - note that listserv thinks it's
bad because it came in with a null envelope return address. I'm seeing
this with increasing frequency. You might want to check your mail
program to make sure that all the addresses are filled it.

THANKS

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    03:03 AM Friday, April 18, 1997
     Texas A & M University - Commerce
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>Gavin wrote:
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>>I have a Kodak that is now cross-eyed.  The lenses got bashed by a saddle
>>pommel, and one or both are turned in a bit.
>>
>>What sort of procedure is required to re-align them?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Gavin
>>
>
>I was away for several days and am just catching up. Did a high-speed road
>trip to Atlanta and back. Five days, eleven states and 2200 miles on the
>Neon. Rode all the coasters at Six Flags, rode the gondola to the top of
>Stone Mountain.  Carried the Kodak the whole time and shot some good ones.
>Carried the Kodak underground into Shenendoah Caverns on the trip home.
>Didn't bang it on anything though. :-)
>
> I saw your first post and had wondered what the response would be, then saw
>no response.  
>
>At the least, this does not sound like a good thing to have happen to one's
>camera.  Did the plastic interlens panel shatter too or is the lens just
>displaced?  Does everything still function? (Shutter, shutter speed,
>aperture, coupled focus?)  You might find a repairman to put things right,
>but I would bet that it would cost plenty. You could probably buy another
>Kodak for what it would cost.  Then you could get a bunch of plus lenses and
>use the other one as a Kodak Macro.  
>
>An even better buy for people who bang their cameras around or drive over
>them has proven to be the Realist, so I would recommend spending your money
>on that and sending your Kodak to my broken Kodak rest home. :-)
>
>Frankly, if it were my Kodak (and you could make this happen :-)) I would
>pull the lens back to approximate position by hand, then  check the image at
>the film plane with the usual glass/loupe combo.  The Kodak's lenses are
>mounted in a stamped steel housing which might be relatively easy to
>reposition.  Ya got nothing to lose but a little time.
>
>Good luck, please let us know how you make out.
>
>Best regards,
>Bill Davis
>
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