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Brianshaw
Tinkerer
Username: Brianshaw
Post Number: 103
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 07:38 am: | 
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This is a great quote made by Paul Ron in another thread. It deserves a thread of its own.
How true is that??????
I have a Retina IIIc that resists repair. Haven't had a problem with any other Retina, but this one is a real cuss.
What have you that would rather be retired on the shelf than be repaired and used? |
Barnum
Tinkerer
Username: Barnum
Post Number: 196
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 12:18 pm: |
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The wife |
Mattboston
Tinkerer
Username: Mattboston
Post Number: 21
Registered: 01-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 09:24 pm: |
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Well, I was going to say on old nikkormat that just never seems to get right.
But then I read Barnum's comment. He wins. (or loses, I guess).
Thanks for the laugh, Barnum.
Matt |
Paul_ron
Tinkerer
Username: Paul_ron
Post Number: 242
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 09:45 pm: |
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Over the years I've had some cameras that just refused to be fixed n can say this with absolute certainty, they have a mind of their own.
That stuck filter that refused to come off?
I've had lenses that just wouldn't come lose no matter how hard I try, even put an oil filter wrtench on em n just crushed it to pieces n still won't let go.
I've had shutters, no matter how clean or how far I stripped it down, it just refused to run.
I've had cameras I restored that no mattter how well it seemed to work in the shop, it always jammed when I needed it most.
So let's hear yours? |
Henry
Moderator
Username: Henry
Post Number: 53
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 11:48 am: |
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I could have agreed with Barnum if Brianshaw's question had the word shelf replaced with pedestal. :-)
But seriously...or maybe seriously mystical?...Though I have not camera tinkered for a good many years, I do remember a Leica M3 that came to me with a dent adjacent to the wind lever and a separated rangefinder doublet. The rest seemed pristine and ready to see and face the world again. A couple months of ebay trolling garnered a M2 rangefinder assembly in excellent condition. After installation and halfway through the first roll of film the speeds got flaky. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast...very inconsistent. After a cleaning, lube and adjustment, but before a full roll of film the lower curtail strap lets go. No new parts required, just a reglueing. Again...not yet finished a complete roll and the advance detent mechanism refuses to detent, allowing unlimited turning of the advance.
I stared long at the camera...and it stared longer back. It now sets beside my late mother's portrait in the china cabinet she left me.
I bought a Leica M4 that likes to take the photos I like to take. |
