Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]actually VCRs have a large amount of moving parts--most of them plastic-- doing an awful number of complicated things when you push "play." it amazes me that they can make VCRs for $80 and not so surprising when they break after a couple of years. DVD players and VCRs may be reaching price parity, but it seems to me that a DVD player should cost a fraction of what a VCR costs. - -rei On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 10:46:04PM -0500, Karen Nakamura wrote: > >The failure curve of electronic equipment is entirely different from that > >of > >mechanical equipment. > > > That's true of electronic equipment that doesn't move (computers, > VCRs, TVs, etc.), but what I've found found with Classic Cameras of > the 1960s is that the prime failure point is in the metering > mechanism, especially the solder joints. Much solder is susceptible > to what looks like chronic fatigue cracking, especially where the > leads meet the PCBs. > > Karen > > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html