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My camera back popped open on a roller coaster and I lost a whole roll
It was the old wooden one at the Santa Cruz boardwalk, and I felt the latch give way on the first drop. I spent the next hour sifting through wood chips under the ride looking for my shots. Anyone have a good fix for a worn out back latch on a Pentax K1000?
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max8082mo ago
Man, that's a true photographer's nightmare. Sifting through wood chips for an hour sounds like the worst kind of treasure hunt. Those old K1000 latches do get loose over time, don't they?
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sullivan.elliot16d ago
Read somewhere that the latch on those K1000s is a common weak point.
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fionarodriguez2mo ago
An hour in wood chips? I would have lost my mind.
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