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formica

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the ressurection of an sx-70
« on: March 11, 2007, 04:13:29 PM »
awhile back i'd posted about how my sx-70 mysteriously stopped working. i'd given it up as dead. then last night i went to a meet up of members of the lomo.tw board. someone was shooting a bunch of polaroids, and i mentioned to someone else that my sx-70 died. and when i explained the problem he told me that maybe the batteries were dead. before the evening was over he swiped an empty "cassette" that had been shot that night and handed it to me saying to test my sx-70 with it. and  tonight i did just that, and lo and behold it works again! needless to say i'm quite happy.

   anyway, just had to share this minor victory of mine.

                       william

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Re: the ressurection of an sx-70
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2007, 05:21:34 PM »
So you had tried it with a pack of film having a dead battery??  :o   I'm really happy that you've figured it out!  I've shot off all my sx70 film and so now my camera is just sitting.  I cannot bring myself to use it for some reason.

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Re: the ressurection of an sx-70
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2007, 07:14:57 PM »
not exactly. i was in the process of testing different mods to use 600 film when it just stopped working. i thought it was the camera when it was really just the battery in that pack of film died for some reason. either way i'm happy to have it back.

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Re: the ressurection of an sx-70
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2007, 07:42:50 PM »
Batteries can be real buggers.
Sometimes, they will give the required voltage (6v for Polaroid) but can't cough up the required amps...

Happy to see the camera still works :)
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Re: the ressurection of an sx-70
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2007, 01:19:53 PM »
This be good news!

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Re: the ressurection of an sx-70
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2007, 03:14:48 PM »
yes, it is skorj!

francois, i'm very happy it does too!


         william