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phoenix_martin40•1d ago

Shoutout to the old guy in Tucson who showed me how to fix a stiff focus ring with a hair dryer

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rodriguez.mia•3d ago

Old timer told me to stop using canned air on sensors, took me 8 years to listen

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drewthompson•10d ago

Hot take: factory repair manuals are overrated, tear-down videos beat them every time

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mark_green•13d ago

Took me 4 hours to figure out a stuck shutter magnet on a 1978 Pentax

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elliot_roberts•13d ago

Heat stakes vs. screws for plastic camera shells, cost me a week

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singh.harper•17d ago

Hand polishing vs. the rotary tool, my back thanks me now

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nina_hall48•22d ago

Left a Rolleiflex in the car trunk for a week, humidity taught me a lesson

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scott.olivia•27d ago

Hit 500 shutters replaced and never noticed until I counted my recycling bin

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fionafoster•28d ago

Old lens grease taught me more than any manual

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emma_baker61•1mo ago

One customer's 'fix it yourself' comment changed how I quote shutter work

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quinn161•1mo ago

Just realized why my old teacher's repair notes were so good

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fionafoster•1mo ago

Flexible shaft beat my modular screwdriver set

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the_brian•1mo ago

The retired tech who swore by lighter fluid for sticky shutters

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emma_wells83•1mo ago

The accountant who timed my lens re-grease job with a stopwatch

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daniel_cooper34•1mo ago

Used to fix these in 20 minutes flat. Now it's a full afternoon.

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