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You bastard. That should be 3 or 4 times as much in working condition (if not more), right? Great find.
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I'm looking at an Olympus XA on Craigslist and the seller didn't ask for a specific price (just "make some offers" for a few film/digital point and shoots and an old Polaroid, he didn't even list a model till I recognized it in the photo and asked him whether it was the XA or XA2/3/4). What would be a reasonable offer to make here? I'm thinking 30 or 40, is that too much of a lowball?
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May 9, 2011 18:58
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 Lookin at that XA sometime soon. I'm gonna pick up some SR44 batteries for it ahead of time so I can check the meter and shutter, is there anything else in particular that I should look out for? I know these things have a habit of breaking but I'm not sure how they generally tend to go bad.
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May 11, 2011 03:53
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Picked up that XA today, and the seller tossed in an A16 flash she found in the camera bag. Unfortulately, the batteries had leaked in the flash at some point and it was pretty bad - I smacked it with my hand and huge chunks of battery crud started pouring out. I cleaned it up as best as I could, but it just gives the charging whine forever without lighting up the "ready" lamp on top, and I gave up when I could feel the batteries heating up inside. I assume the flash is hosed? I'm not too upset cause I'd only thrown in an extra $5 for it, just wish I'd thought to look inside but it was kind of an afterthought. The camera itself is in great shape so I'm still pretty drat happy here.
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May 13, 2011 21:07
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I couldn't get it to fire via the camera after a couple minutes of charging, but based on that article I guess I should just try letting it charge a little while longer with breaks for the batteries to cool back down. I don't have access to any sort of power supply that could deliver the capacitor's rated voltage (I assume it's in the hundreds of volts), so if the flash's own circuitry can't do the job then I guess I'll have to toss it. EDIT: On an unrelated note, how long ago did 3M quit making film? They tossed in a couple rolls of K-Mart branded stuff that says "Made by 3M" and I'm wondering whether it's even worth trying to get processed. (Or should I shoot it all for that "artsy" expired film look?) Beerios fucked around with this message at 01:08 on May 14, 2011 |
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May 14, 2011 01:04
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The Superheadz ones are just differently-colored copies of the original Vivitar, right?
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May 15, 2011 20:21
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GWBBQ posted:That disintegrating foam will stick to your film and ruin it, if it's not so gummed up that you can't advance the film at all. Oh gently caress me is that where all the dust spots on my test roll came from? I just assumed the minilab monkeys trashed my film and loaded it back up with some nice 160VC.
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May 25, 2011 01:35
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