RE: Disaster! :(

[P3D Cliff Mugnier <cjmce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Lesson from the story is that digital images (with a twin rig) and a =
laptop can avert such disasters if your pockets are deep enough.  I do =
just that for research (real work), but for personal use I would get the =
creeps being personally responsible for that much equipment.  From what =
I've been shown (in confidence) by digital camera manufacturers, the =
very high resolution equipment isn't going to be available for less than =
$10,000 (each) for 2 years or more.

In the meantime, your family clergyman will be impressed by your =
increased attention to prayers while abroad...

Clifford J. Mugnier (cjmce@xxxxxxx)
The Topographic Engineering Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Louisiana  70148 -2212
Voice and Facsimile:   (504) 280-7095


-----Original Message-----
From: P3D 	P3D Dr. George A. Themelis SMTP:fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] <>
Sent:	Friday, August 08, 1997 3:20 PM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	Disaster! :(

Just got 34 rolls back from processing (the 5 Slowchromes take longer).=20

Unfortunately, camera problems have resulted in the loss of a =
significant
part of my pictures... The problem is frame overlap developed in my Ilex
Paragon Realist.  The first two rolls from this camera were fine.  =
Then...
disaster.  Frame overlap of the order of 1 to 2 sprocket holes has
destroyed most of the pictures.  Some of them are OK, others can be =
saved
with 4p mounts, while others are totally lost.  (Note that this is
essentially a new camera for me as I have it for only 4 months now and =
have
taken a total of maybe 10 rolls before this trip with no problems.)

The irony is that my 7p Realist also developed a problem with the =
shutter
stuck open.  I worked on that in Greece and fixed it temporarily only to
come back later... So for the last part of the trip I only used the Ilex
Realist thinking that this was working fine... Unfortunately, it was not
working fine and I did not know about it.

Who ever said that the Realists are reliable cameras :-)=20

The frame overlap problem is the same that Larry Weakly mentioned =
earlier
and I am sure other owners of older Realists have experienced.  As it =
turns
out (this is explained in Piper's book too), the older Realists (up to
around 25K serial number) are using a different film advance mechanism
which tends to wear out and generally is not as reliable as the newer =
ones.
Ron Zakowski explained the problem in our phone conversation. One part
wears out and needs to be replaced.  This wear causes the =
"sprocket-slip",
especially if the camera is advanced in a hurry (that's how I usually do
it!).  Ron can fix the problem and the camera will be fine until this =
part
wears again.  He can also convert the entire mechanism to the newer =
system.
=20
I am packing up both cameras to send to Ron.  In the meanwhile I am
mourning the loss of these pictures... Gone are the grilled fish, the =
guy
with the laterna and many other pictures, some of them award-winning for
sure.  What saved me is that I took so many pictures that even with the
loss of say 1/4 of them, I still have plenty left.

I don't know what the lesson is from this story.... Take 3 Realists next
time? (in the past I only carried one and never had a problem.)  Use a =
Kodak
instead of a Realist?  Develop the rolls as you go to make sure =
everything
is fine?  Shoot 80 rolls instead of 40?  I really don't know...

-- George Themelis


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