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That tip about cleaning contact points with a pencil eraser actually fixed a dead shutter
Old timer on a forum told me to try a regular pencil eraser on the battery contacts of a Canon AE-1 I'd given up on, and it worked like magic after three other things failed. Has anyone else had a weird 'hail mary' fix actually save a body you were about to part out?
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the_james26d agoMost Upvoted
Six months ago I scrubbed the mirror box electronics of a Nikon F2 with a Q-tip and isopropyl alcohol and it resurrected a meter that had been dead for like 15 years. That thing had sat on a shelf looking pretty but totally useless the whole time. Now it shoots perfectly every time. It's hilarious how we all chase complex fixes and the answer is basically a cleaning supply or a school supply. Truth is half these old cameras just need somebody to rub the crud off the right spot.
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the_joseph26d ago
Three times now I've fixed a stuck shutter on a Pentax Spotmatic by just tapping the bottom plate gently with the handle of a screwdriver. Not even opening it up, just a couple light taps like you're knocking on a door.
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