WE have a saying here: "It is bad luck being driven over by thirteen trucks". ;-) This sounds even worse. Sorry to hear about your bad fortune.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29. august 2005 19:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Back home, bad news... > > That's a pain. > > Welcome back, I hope you get it all sorted out swiftly without > spending too much money and aggravation. > > Godfrey > > On Aug 29, 2005, at 7:18 AM, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > As I mentioned in my last message, I left home to the Aeolian > > Islands on the 13th. I'm not the kind of guy who believes much > > in luck, but that number's fame should have a bit of meaning > > after all... > > > > I had five bodies with me, *ist D, LX, Fuji GS645, Yashica T5 > > and Ricoh GR1. > > The last one was the first to go: it stopped working probably > > after a couple of days. I had it mostly for real B&W shots, and > > used it a bit before noticing that it was not exactly working > > properly - it sounded like it was but in fact the shutter did > > not open... > > > > After a week we went to a tour of other two islands, Panarea and > > Stromboli. I had filled 1,5 GB with the D when suddenly it > > freezed. I thought: "well, it happened before, I just have to > > leave the battery out for few hours and the camera comes back to > > life". I did not... :-( > > I tried several times during the week but with no avail. Luckily > > it's still under warranty. > > > > Then the LX, my only SLR left, started behaving strangely. > > Sometimes the aperture remained stopped down after the shot was > > taken. Then the mirror started to remain up. I managed to make > > it work even under those circumstances but you can guess how sad > > I was. The mirror was probably a battery thing, but the lever > > that stops down the aperture is a bit loose and resting a bit > > higher than normal. Another one that will go to Florence for > > repair. This one is my older and more used LX; I guess I should > > have sent it in for a CLA a long time ago. > > > > When I came back home I found both my "new" computers not > > working. My brother said he had taken the newer one to the shop > > for a check and there it worked, or so I'm told. Now it is going > > there againg... Grrrrrrrrr > > :-( > > > > Maybe a trip to Lourdes is in order... > > > > Ciao, > > > > Gianfranco > > > > > > _ > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > >
