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My sister-in-law graciously offered to babysit our 7 month old girl, so my wife and I headed downtown to the Nasher Sculpture Center, and then on to the Gordon Parks exhibit across the street at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Having checked on the photography policies of each establishment (allowed with some restrictions), I chose my Fed 5C loaded with Kodak 400UC. I knew there would be daylight shooting, as well as indoor shots, no flash allowed, I'm not great at estimating indoor light, so I wanted something with an exposure meter on it. Jupiter-12 mounted, with a 35mm accesory finder.
25 shots or so at the sculpture garden. Went over to the museum, intended to shoot some of the permanent collection (shooting verboten in the Parks exhibit) but ran out of time. Straight to the Parks stuff--- unbelievable. I had not seen much of his work before, but I was amazed at what I saw. Can't recall the titles, but some that I really liked were "Harlem Street and Cross", "Marva Louis", and something like "Negro Woman in her Living Room", the one that has the lady framed in a mirror, and a photo of FDR on the wall. Among many fantastic shots, those stand out in my mind. Oh yeah, one of Malcolm X speaking. Wow.
Leaving the museum, it was starting to rain pretty hard, and there were some good shooting opportunities, clouds, wet streets, tall building with dramatic lighting... I gave my wife the umbrella and put her under some trees, and went out to take a shot, and... nothing happens when I press the shutter release.
I looked at the shutter speed dial, which should have been on 1/15, but it was around 1/250, uh oh... I know that I cocked that thing prior to changing speeds, I am extremely conscientious about that. But still... something clearly wrong, maybe I lost my mind for a minute.
Well, we went over to the car, and I got my Zenit SLR out from under the seat, and took the shots. While my long suffering wife patiently sat in the passenger seat, I jacked with the FED, rather than go on home, where she could go to the bathroom, and I could curse in private. Nothing doing, the shutter would not release, the film would wind, but it was as if the shutter were disconnected.
Got home, rewound the film, took off the back, and watched the shutter do nothing as I wound and fired 20 times, then! The curtain moved an eighth of an inch---- then it went back, and nothing. Then it did it again, guess what, I touched the curtain, and it sprang open almost all the way... wind and fired, comrades it SNAPPED like only a FED shutter can, and was right back to normal. Dial on 1/15. Speed looked appropriate. Changed it to 1/500, and it went off just like it should.
Resurrected! I pumped my fist in triumph! Whaddaya know, something turned out right for once!
So I'm one for two with the FED 5 shutters. There's one on my shelf that I killed on the first day I had it, before I knew anything about FSU cameras. That one will never come back.
If the Parks exhibit comes your way, be sure to check it out, fantastic stuff.
Having checked on the photography policies of each establishment (allowed with some restrictions), I chose my Fed 5C loaded with Kodak 400UC. I knew there would be daylight shooting, as well as indoor shots, no flash allowed, I'm not great at estimating indoor light, so I wanted something with an exposure meter on it. Jupiter-12 mounted, with a 35mm accesory finder.
25 shots or so at the sculpture garden. Went over to the museum, intended to shoot some of the permanent collection (shooting verboten in the Parks exhibit) but ran out of time. Straight to the Parks stuff--- unbelievable. I had not seen much of his work before, but I was amazed at what I saw. Can't recall the titles, but some that I really liked were "Harlem Street and Cross", "Marva Louis", and something like "Negro Woman in her Living Room", the one that has the lady framed in a mirror, and a photo of FDR on the wall. Among many fantastic shots, those stand out in my mind. Oh yeah, one of Malcolm X speaking. Wow.
Leaving the museum, it was starting to rain pretty hard, and there were some good shooting opportunities, clouds, wet streets, tall building with dramatic lighting... I gave my wife the umbrella and put her under some trees, and went out to take a shot, and... nothing happens when I press the shutter release.
I looked at the shutter speed dial, which should have been on 1/15, but it was around 1/250, uh oh... I know that I cocked that thing prior to changing speeds, I am extremely conscientious about that. But still... something clearly wrong, maybe I lost my mind for a minute.
Well, we went over to the car, and I got my Zenit SLR out from under the seat, and took the shots. While my long suffering wife patiently sat in the passenger seat, I jacked with the FED, rather than go on home, where she could go to the bathroom, and I could curse in private. Nothing doing, the shutter would not release, the film would wind, but it was as if the shutter were disconnected.
Got home, rewound the film, took off the back, and watched the shutter do nothing as I wound and fired 20 times, then! The curtain moved an eighth of an inch---- then it went back, and nothing. Then it did it again, guess what, I touched the curtain, and it sprang open almost all the way... wind and fired, comrades it SNAPPED like only a FED shutter can, and was right back to normal. Dial on 1/15. Speed looked appropriate. Changed it to 1/500, and it went off just like it should.
Resurrected! I pumped my fist in triumph! Whaddaya know, something turned out right for once!
So I'm one for two with the FED 5 shutters. There's one on my shelf that I killed on the first day I had it, before I knew anything about FSU cameras. That one will never come back.
If the Parks exhibit comes your way, be sure to check it out, fantastic stuff.
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