The week a Leica came in with a roll of undeveloped film from 1974 inside

A guy brought in an old M3 for a shutter curtain issue, and when I opened the back, there was a roll of Kodachrome still in there (the canister said 'June 1974'). I had to call him and ask if he wanted me to send it out for processing before I touched anything else. He had no idea it was in there, said the camera was his dad's and had been in a closet for decades. Has anyone else found a real surprise like that during a repair?

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jade_singh1mo ago

Found a dead mouse in a lens once, does that count?

miles_sanchez1mo ago

Oh man, that's wild! I found a whole spider nest in an old zoom lens once.

the_james1mo agoMost Upvoted

Always thought those stories were just internet myths.