Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, it s the self-destruct mechanism forcing an H3 system upgrade, triggered by the CEO's newsletter. Tom On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:33 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > kc, > > Could it possibly be some sort of Leica revenge, perpertated by > those unused Leica's you have sitting on your shelves? ;-) Or > maybe the Hasselblad trying to tell you, you had better not treat > it the same way anytime in the near future? > > Gene > > -------------- Original message from "Kyle Cassidy" > <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu>: -------------- > > >> question: >> >> while shooting for a Top Secret New Project (TSNP) today, my >> hasselblad jammed. >> sweet barking cheese. i kid you not. it fired three frames, and >> then i was >> unable to wind it. the mirror was locked up. the dot on the >> magazine was black, >> the dot on the body was white. i tried to stick the dark slide in >> and take the >> back off, but the slide would only go about 1/2 way in before it >> hit something. >> i _could_ wind the back. which i eventually did -- wound all the >> film up, took >> the magazine out -- it was rolled rather _loosely_. i had to put >> it in a >> changing bag and tighten it up. but after i took the back off and >> put everything >> back together, it worked fine again. >> >> wtf is going on? why do those swedeners hate me? >> >> kc