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theaj19
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12h ago
Cleaned a 50mm with lighter fluid and it came out worse than when I started
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perez.mia
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1d ago
A guy at a camera swap in Austin told me to quit cleaning the focusing screen on my F3, and now I get why
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the_avery
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3d ago
Appreciation post: the old repair guy in Fort Worth who showed me a cotton swab trick for lens fungus
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vera_sanchez
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4d ago
Pro tip: the $8 rubber strap wrench that slipped on a stuck filter ring, and I'm still mad about it
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felix98
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7d ago
My first solo Canon AE-1 re-seal, and the foam came out a gummy mess
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elliotellis
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7d ago
DAE still using lighter fluid to clean shutter blades? I switched after what happened to a customer's Canonet
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rileyl67
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10d ago
TIL you're supposed to pull the prism housing before soaking an OM-1 in lighter fluid, learned that one the hard way on a $90 eBay body
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river_jones
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11d ago
Guy brought in his grandfather's Spotmatic with a note taped inside the bottom plate
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stella_foster
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11d ago
Guy at the parts counter in Reno told me 'film cameras are dead' while holding my broken FM2
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eva_gibson
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12d ago
The old timer at the bench next to mine said I was cleaning focus rings wrong and he was right
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elliot_king
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12d ago
DAE change their mind on ultrasonic cleaners after hitting 200 dirty lens rings?
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brookebailey
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14d ago
Warning: a guy in Cleveland told me to stop setting mirror bump stops by feel on old Nikkormats, now I want to know who else does it the "wrong" way
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fiona_fox56
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16d ago
Dropped a customer's Canon AE-1 on the concrete floor at the Portland repair meetup and now I do this one thing different
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the_dylan
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17d ago
Appreciation post: the old timer at my bench told me to quit blaming the customer for fungus, and it hit hard
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linda626
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17d ago
The old timer at the shop said to quit chasing shutter speeds by ear, and he was right
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