Would a NOS Xpan be an issue?

[Vickko]

Would a New Old Stock Xpan be an issue?

I figure it might be 5 to 10 years old, with no exercise or actuation.

Would it be in need of an immediate CLA?

Vick

 

[sevo]

No. Or yes. Maybe. That is, "new old stock" could have spent ten years on the top shelf of a gentle, air-conditioned camera store, but just as often it means "recovered after a decade in a damp, dilapidated warehouse".

 

[Roger Hicks]

If it's genuinely NOS, packed with the silica gel, etc., it really shouldn't matter, within reason, where it was stored.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Vickko]

Thanks guys. It is in a camera store in Montreal, that is legendary for "discovering" NOS stuff, of amazing rarity.



Vick

 

[Jubb Jubb]

Go for it Vic.

 

[didjiman]

Only if the price is good, IMHO. I bought a back up XPan II that went through 1000 rolls (!) of film and it works as well as my newer TX-2.