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reese_taylor69
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1d ago
Dropped $95 on a fake Nikon repair kit from a site that looked legit, the screwdrivers bent on my first body
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webb.victor
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5d ago
Am I the only one who fixed a sticky aperture by shooting it with a hair dryer
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grant_dixon
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5d ago
Thought ultrasonic cleaning was overkill for old lens elements until a repair tech in Denver showed me a 1968 Nikon with fungus I could see from across the bench
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wood.noah
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6d ago
Fixing flex cables on a hot plate vs. a proper preheater, am I overthinking this?
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wright.dakota
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6d ago
Guy at the parts counter told me to stop buying OEM flex cables, he was dead wrong
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carr.blake
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6d ago
Thought a $3 roll of Teflon tape was a joke for lens threads until it saved a $400 repair
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brianm27
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9d ago
I swore I'd never touch a camera with water damage, then a guy in Des Moines proved me wrong
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wendy_mason86
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10d ago
Cleaning my sensor with a blower vs. a wet swab, and the wet swab won by a mile
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noah415
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12d ago
Spent 14 hours chasing a shutter issue on a customer's old SLR that turned out to be one tiny screw
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ruby_foster93
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12d ago
Tried a drop of super glue on a stripped tripod screw and it held for 6 months
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the_lucas
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13d ago
I used to say skip the ultrasonic cleaner for shutter repair, then I saw one at a shop in Sacramento
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bettyh84
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13d ago
Rant: I cleaned every lens with the same cloth for 2 years and a scratch on a client's 50mm finally made me stop
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kelly61
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13d ago
I finally stopped swapping whole shutter units and it cost me $40 to learn
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janaw11
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14d ago
I was testing the flash sync wrong on every focal plane shutter for a year
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drew_jenkins54
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15d ago
A guy handed me a water damaged Nikon F3 in Tucson and told me his dad shot the moon landing with it
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