its loop or scratching tlie film it ran. With minor mishaps it ran, of 
course. Several days ago it stopped solid one night when I was trying to 
jhotograph coral polyps feeding. Upon examination I found a Eiti 5 >le explana- 
tion — there was at least a cupful of water in the ca«ra case. None of it 
had touched the camera, hut the deanpness had affected the emulsicm, and the 
film was in a snarl. 
ITlmt is the first time in fifteen years that water has got into the 
inside of one of cgr camera housings. One of the pachlng glands had loosened 
and I had not seen the bubbles. . ..carelessness. 
I dried out the case, slicked up the can®ra, put drying crystals in 
tlMS housing, and put the camera back on the job. This t±m 1 banged it 
On the Bide of the boat as I lowered it. It was not a had bmp, hut I 
realized the parallax corrector was r»t operating. Up in the boat I 
adjusted the parallax arm, and in turning the focussing knob I broke the 
cable that operates the lenses. That took care of that. The bump on the 
side of the boat had jarred the finder out of position, causing it to jam, 
and that was wliy the parallax-corrector didn't operate — I learned later. 
I repaired the cable, re-set the finder, re-checked the focus, and 
tried once more. This time the camera lost Its loop at once and refused 
to budge. So far, I do not know why. Also a soldering connection on the 
focussing collar suddenly let go — for no reason that I can think ofj 
there is no strain on it. The collar Is mended now, but not installed. 
But whether the camera will run or not is another thing. It has not 
chugged through more than six or eight rolls of film since its return 
from California, but I think I know the answer to such a question: this 
