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Author Message   Scott Tinkerer Username: Scott Post Number: 131 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 10:49 pm:    I've given this same tip a few times, but here's a safety warning: Those spring-driven cameras have about a couple of feet of spring steel, like a clock spring, which (if wound up tight) can be dangerous. I learned how NOT to do it. Be very careful opening the mechanism holding the spring. Try to manipulate the pawl to release the tension BEFORE opening it.