"Rejoice! Dear Hearts"

[Spavinaw]

"Rejoice! Dear Hearts" is the title of a comedy album by Brother Dave Garner from many, many years ago. I couldn't think of a better title for this post. Several months ago I was at a house under construction that had a magnificent view. I took a number of pictures, but after I got home I could not find my Pentax Espio 24EW, my newest and now favorite point and shoot. Well, today as I was going back to the same house, I grabbed my bag containing my panoramic outfit just like before. I looked inside to check everything and (you're probably ahead of me at this point) there was my lost Espio 24EW. In the interim I had bought another Espio 24EW. Works every time!
Yes, I've had my share of cameras and things that worked when I set them down and didn't work when I picked them back up. Seems most everyone has a story to tell along these lines sooner or later, and they certainly all have my sympathy; however, finding my camera and the film in it made me so happy I just had to share it with my fellow RFFers. May you all have even better luck than I did!

 

[Ranchu]

Yes, that's good. I recently acquired a second fully functioning Konica C35, which was diffficult as many were broken.

🙂

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

Some cameras have a life of their own and go on holiday without you now and then. Anyway, yours came back so is obviously happy with you...

BTW, KonicaC35's are a bargain (the RF version) as the repairs are often/usually very cheap and simple. And the lenses are good.

Regards, David

 

[Ranchu]

BTW, KonicaC35's are a bargain (the RF version) as the repairs are often/usually very cheap and simple. And the lenses are good.

Yes, I think I haven't been very lucky, it's fine now though.

😎

I have another that the meter shows about two stops of underexposure more than these normally do. Thinking it was the cds cell dying, I replaced the front plate of the lens including the cds cell, and got the same result. The cells seemed to measure just the same too. I haven't run any film through, so I'm thinking the meter needle might be bent, and the actual exposure might be the usual. It's hard to imagine how that would happen though.

 

[Number 6]

In the good old days of Ektapress Multispeed, you could just pop in a roll and not worry about it. Alas, my favourite film is no more.

 

[Ranchu]

I went and poked around under the top, the meter is pretty inscrutable as to how it might get bent. I just don't see it. So, a mystery. It's ok.

🙂

 

[wblynch]

I left my Olympus XA on a Los Angeles City Bus a few months back. I keep riding buses but haven't found it yet.

Sooner or later I will get on the right bus and there it will be, just where I left it.

🙂