The Good, the almost bad and the not so ugly

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In anticipation of a quick run to the Oregon coast tomorrow, I de-winterized the Hawk today. The Good thing was my very painstaking dewatering last November resulted in no frozen water pockets to cause leaks as I have had the last couple of years. (I hate pulling the front of the cabinet off to replace that plastic water distribution manifold.)

The almost bad was the furnace would not heat -- just cycled the blower on and off every minute or so. I remember reading on this esteemed site something about lint in the sail switch. So after learning how to disassemble the furnace cover and extract the sail switch -- sure enough, a tiny bit of lint was lodged at the base of the switch. Plucked it out. Reassembled everything. And voila! It worked like new.

We have been using the Hawk for 5 years now and I have to say after getting everything swabbed down and ship shape, from bed to floors -- by gosh it looks very nice.

The cherry on top of this happy Sundae is the new CO monitor has not beeped once since I installed it last summer -- except when tested.

Barring accident or ill health we are ready for another year of camping, exploring and generally fooling around.

Maybe we will see some of you on the road.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Tony, great work! Safe travels wherever they might lead you!

 

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Thanks Steve. After a quick meet-up with my brother on the coast, we may make a dash down to Death Valley to see Lake Manley and hopefully catch some wildflowers.

How is the new D850 working out for you?

 

[Taku]

Ah, monitors. Last fall whilst bird hunting in central MT. at exactly 2356 (11:56 PM) the propane alarm goes off. Oh boy. got the dog out of the camper and propane turned off. 45' later had the cabinets taken apart, all propane connections tightened (found the culprit) and everything back together and back in bed. It sure helped having built out the camper and planned for this and then having to take it apart and put it back together in the middle of the night.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Thanks Steve. After a quick meet-up with my brother on the coast, we may make a dash down to Death Valley to see Lake Manley and hopefully catch some wildflowers.

How is the new D850 working out for you?

I like it… a lot!

 

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Ah, monitors. Last fall whilst bird hunting in central MT. at exactly 2356 (11:56 PM) the propane alarm goes off. Oh boy. got the dog out of the camper and propane turned off. 45' later had the cabinets taken apart, all propane connections tightened (found the culprit) and everything back together and back in bed. It sure helped having built out the camper and planned for this and then having to take it apart and put it back together in the middle of the night.

What is it about alarms so frequently going off in the middle of the night? Glad you knew exactly what to do.

 

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I like it… a lot!

Excellent! Yeah, it is definitely my favorite camera. The D5 and D500 are very much secondary.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

I rarely use my D4s, and my old D300 (with Katzeye split focus prism) hasn’t been out of the box in years. The D810 and D850 are gunna be my work horses.

Now thinking of keeping the Z7 II for hiking. The light weight is its best feature.

What battery are you using in your grip, EN EL 15?

 

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I rarely use my D4s, and my old D300 (with Katzeye split focus prism) hasn’t been out of the box in years. The D810 and D850 are gunna be my work horses.

Now thinking of keeping the Z7 II for hiking. The light weight is its best feature.

What battery are you using in your grip, EN EL 15?

Steve, at the moment I have a EN EL 18a in the grip. I have also used Wasabi knock-offs with no problem either.

We just returned from 3 weeks in Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla and Mexico City.) I took just the D810 with the 28 mm f1.8 for fast, wide and the 300 mm f4 Fresnel for birds. The 28 was perfect for inside museums. D810 is still an excellent body.