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Guy dropped off a Rolleiflex at my bench in Dayton and said 'just make it work,' so do I fix the bent film gate or leave the wear as character
Had a customer come in last Tuesday with his dad's old Rolleiflex. The film gate has a slight bend from a drop years ago and the leatherette is worn smooth in the corners. He tapped the top plate and said "just make it work, I don't care how it looks." So now I'm stuck. Half of me wants to straighten that gate because a bent gate can scratch film and that's a real problem. The other half thinks the wear is part of the camera's story and touching it is wrong. I fixed the slow shutter and left the gate alone for now. What do you all do when a customer says make it work but the camera has history? Do you fix everything or leave the character alone?
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