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     Onehalfplus10 Tinkerer Username: Onehalfplus10 Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2009 Rating: N/A |
For those of you who will spend a lot of time in the COLD with your camera, first take it to a specialist repair shop and have the WHOLE camera be made COMPLETELY OIL FREE. And I mean COMPLETELY. Very little Talcum powder and/or very little graphite powder is substituted for the oil. But, basicly, the camera is NO LONGER lubricated. Works perfectly - as long as you are in the COLD (like -30 or so). Just don't let it get damp. When you stop shooting in the cold, bring it back to the same shop and they will lubricate it again. People who do this usually have Nikons, Bolex, Russian K-3, Leicas, Russian FED-2, Contax G1/G2, etc. Professional stuff. That's why EXPENSIVE watches run in the cold as well as the hot. NO oil. Bearings are made with Ruby stone. Soft, self lubricated precious ($$$) stone. They use other precious stones in there as well. As well as diamonds. Which is why a normal Rolex is $15,000+. The Philip Patex start at $21,000. OK? |