XPans don’t float
It turns out that Hasselblad XPans and salt water don’t mix very well. The following is the result of a major brain fade moment, where I left my XPan outside (in an inflatable dinghy) on the deck of a yacht in force 7 (8?) seas in the Arctic.
It is effectively unrepairable. Maybe if I’d opened it up and immediately and washed it in fresh water I might have been able to save it, but, well, I didn’t. Hopefully the insurance will cover it.
Photo credit, along with many thanks for rapid intervention and support, to Marco Baldin at Leica Switzerland.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/31 at 09:29 AM
R.I.P. :-(
Hopefully the mechanics is not that bad?
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/31 at 07:13 PM
How you open it up, I know it has hidden screw be hide frame switching. How can you remove that screw? please..
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/11 at 08:31 PM
I’m afraid I don’t know… I actually did not manage to fully open it myself, this photo was sent to me by the repair technician. I didn’t even know there was a hidden screw. But I’ll take a look as soon as I get a chance and see if I can figure it out.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/12 at 08:59 PM
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