[photo-3d] Re: Fast film in old cameras plus FEDS

[Ted Kraegen <e.kraegen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

The FEDBOY camera would not take a picture on the Auto setting ie 
shutter would not operate - however it would operate when it was set 
to one of the aperture settings.  I think this is the same behaviour 
as when there is a flat battery or when there is low light.  I don't 
know if the FEDBOY is very susceptible to moisture - it certainly 
didn't get obviosly wet but we had 6 very wet days in a row and also 
it might have got a few drops of rain on it which I wiped off - I 
tried with (more than one) new battery but it didn't fix it.

I would be interested to know from other FED owners whether they have 
had any intermittent loss of the Auto function on their cameras - I 
feel that my moisture theory is reasonable as prior to it remedying 
itself we had a week in the hot dry atmosphere of Mexico City - this 
is of course the only example of the atmosphere of Mexico City fixing 
anything!  I would be tempted to take a sealable bag and some silica 
gel on future extended trips

Ted Kraegen



>
>Ted,
>
>How can you tell when the auto exposure on the FED BOY stops or starts
>working?  Or do you mean you waited to get the slides back, and found
>they were or were not correctly exposed?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ted Kraegen writes:
>>  I had a recent experience where polarizers saved the day - while on a
>>  six week trip with my FEDBOY the auto setting stopped working - I
>>  diagnosed moisture from the bad european weather late last year after
>>  replacing the battery didn't work
>     [STUFF DELETED]
>  > Incidentally when I was walking along Waikiki beach on the last day
>>  of the trip the camera auto setting has started working again.  C'est
>>  la vie!
>>
>  > Ted Kraegen
>
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