P3D Re: hostile environments

[George Themelis <gthemelis@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Vincent Chan <v7chan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> of all my cameras, my Realist was the one I was 
> least concerned about, as there's no electronics to 
> short out.  I just keep a big rag in the bag to whip 
> off any salt spray.  (and hope none of it gets into 
> the camera)  So far I've been lucky.

Good!  My main problem was sand.  I try and keep my
cameras inside my camera bag but accidents can happen
and a camera might fall out into the sand or the kids
can kick sand into the bag.  Sand can get into the
Realist shutter from the cable release socket.  That's
what happened to me two years ago.  Brrrr... I can 
still remember the grinding noise when I cocked the
Realist shutter.  A few days later the shutter was
stuck open.  I ended up sending it to Zak to clean it.

George
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