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Re: [OM] Camera failures at weddings

Subject: Re: [OM] Camera failures at weddings
From: Frank Reinsel <freinsel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 19:01:51 -0500
STOP IT.  I've got a wedding to do in 10 days, enough said about OM
equipment failiing at weddings!!!!!!




At 09:06 AM 5/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>With all this talk of cameras and weddings, I should contribute
>my tale at my brother-in-law's wedding.  I was not the main
>photographer, being family, I was busy taking the "candid" family
>shots that the official photographer does not have time (or the
>interest) to take.  I was using my trusty OM-1.
>
>During the middle of the ceremony, when flash is not permitted,
>I tried to take several shots of the couple at the altar (being
>seated on the second row gave me a clear view) -- and the slow
>speed gear train gave way.  That was the end of the photo session
>for me, since I didn't bring a backup camera, and most of the
>activities after that were indoors.
>
>I have since repaired that camera and I have taken it all over
>China with no problems.  I wonder what it is that caused cameras
>to fail at weddings :-).
>       -Dan
>
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