Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes the camera rose from it's sick bed, had a light lunch and was finally out earning it's keep a couple of days later. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of shino@ubspainewebber.com Sent: 24 July 2001 15:39 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] busted hexar (was digital M redoux) steve, has the hexar completely recovered? those electronic epileptic fits like blinking LEDs and intermittent whirring noises give me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about. - -rei > From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> > > Ok, the Friday before last I went with a colleague from work to a large > exhibition of diamonds here in Paris - luckily she wasn't wanting free > samples or expecting me to buy her any of the exhibits. Had to queue for > about 40mins in the pouring, and I mean pouring, rain. Got back to my > apartment and the inside of my rucksack was damp, no it wasn't damp it was > wet. Took out my hexar RF and noticed that the LCD was blinking and the > camera was making a whirring noise once every 30 seconds or so. One dead > camera, took batteries out. Following morning put batteries back still not > working. Saturday evening tried again and it clicked back into life even > though the film that had been in the body had advanced to the last frame. > > Moral - water and electronics do _not_ mix > > > Steve