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laura940•1d ago

Wrote off ultrasonic cleaning for years, then a $60 tank from a garage sale in Fresno proved me wrong

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the_julia•1d ago

TIL a $2 rubber sink stopper from Ace fixed a stuck focus ring on a 30 year old lens

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phoenix_moore4•4d ago

Showerthought: I cleaned lens threads with the wrong brush for 18 years

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charlie_ellis•4d ago

Pro tip: the $85 spanner wrench that paid for itself on one Nikon F2

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quinnj24•5d ago

Rant: local camera store in Portland has a repair desk now, but nobody back there knows a leaf shutter from a focal plane

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jadep41•5d ago

Hit job number 500 last month and honestly it snuck up on me

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dakotal16•6d ago

Watched a hazy Canon FD 50mm go crystal clear after 20 minutes in a cheap ultrasonic cleaner from Harbor Freight

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gracejohnson•7d ago

I thought ultrasonic cleaning was overkill for lens groups, then I saw a 1974 Nikkor come out of a 6 minute bath

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morgan329•7d ago

Vent: the guy at the camera swap in Dayton sold me a 'mint' Nikon F2 with a stripped shutter screw

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averym82•8d ago

Hot take: I hit 1000 shutter clicks on my repair bench counter and realized it means nothing

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sullivan.riley•8d ago

I finally stopped turning away Nikon F2s with that foam rot problem last month and I'm surprised how many folks just live with it

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john_johnson75•9d ago

Guy brought in his dad's Pentax K1000 last Tuesday, hadn't been opened since 1987, and the seals were basically tar

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henry855•9d ago

Can we talk about the repair shop in Tulsa that keeps a Petoskey stone on the counter?

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olivia_wilson•10d ago

Three weeks of scrubbing a fungus-covered Nikon viewfinder vs 10 minutes with the right solvent

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the_miles•12d ago

Found a Konica C35 at a flea market in Tulsa for $4 and it had a note inside from 1978

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