Back when I was collecting vinyl records the music forums had the concept of a scroe, which is a deliberate misspelling of the word, score. A typical scroe was finding an extremely rare and valuable record at Goodwill for a dollar.
I just got the camera version of a scroe. I bought a pristine Nikon F5 that was considered for parts only because when the previous buyer put film in it, the camera gave an error code and would not shoot. I figured I’d take a gamble. Worst case scenario I could use the finder on my beater F5 which has a badly dented finder and I could use the battery tray given that my beater’s battery tray was wonky. Or maybe it could be repaired for cheap.
Turns out the previous buyer had the iso set for using dx labeled film and was putting in non-dx film! Try it, the camera gives an error code and won’t work. But set the iso manually and bingo, nothing wrong.
A like new camera for parts only price. I love getting a scroe!
I just got the camera version of a scroe. I bought a pristine Nikon F5 that was considered for parts only because when the previous buyer put film in it, the camera gave an error code and would not shoot. I figured I’d take a gamble. Worst case scenario I could use the finder on my beater F5 which has a badly dented finder and I could use the battery tray given that my beater’s battery tray was wonky. Or maybe it could be repaired for cheap.
Turns out the previous buyer had the iso set for using dx labeled film and was putting in non-dx film! Try it, the camera gives an error code and won’t work. But set the iso manually and bingo, nothing wrong.
A like new camera for parts only price. I love getting a scroe!
