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     Nikos Tinkerer Username: Nikos Post Number: 28 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
There is a wonderful book by Ed Romney called "Basic Training in Camera Repair". I highly recommend it to anyone with the desire to tinker with a camera at any level beyond replacing light seals (not always as easy as you may think). You have to have some basic understanding of how a camera is put together before you start asking questions about the basics. In other words please do your homework first. This can go to extremes, but believe me, any time I refrained from asking for a cook book solution, I ended up with a working camera and some generic knowledge that I could gainfully use (or share) in the future. In all honesty I don't want to put anyone down but I frequent this forum for a reason: communication and sharing of knowledge. I am the least real tinkerer in this forum (I started only three years ago repairing cameras and lenses as a full spare time hobby) but I see this place degrading into a medium towards a quick fix for instant gratification. I know this is not the place for airing one's own views but I think my views are highly relevant to this forum's stated (or implied) mission; besides, these views are heart felt. This thread may be the least deserving of my ramblings but this thread is representative of a trend, and I had to start somewhere. Respectfully, Nikos |