Shoutout to the roach that crawled inside my Rolleiflex

I was in my shop last Tuesday, about to close up for the night, and I heard this weird crunching sound coming from a Rolleiflex I had on the bench. Thought it was a loose screw at first, but nope. I take the lens panel off and out crawls this fat cockroach, just chilling in there. It must have gotten in through a crack in the bellows or something. I ended up having to tear the whole camera down to clean out all the roach poop and eggs that were stuck in the shutter mechanism. Took me about 4 hours with a toothbrush and some alcohol wipes to get it all out. Has anyone else found a critter inside a camera? I can't be the only one dealing with bug problems.

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jesse_west25d agoProlific Poster

Bro same thing happened to me with an old microwave, bugs just love finding their way into anything warm and dark. It's wild how much damage a single roach can do to sensitive gear.

sama8024d ago

@jesse_west I swear I read somewhere that cockroaches are actually drawn to the electrical fields around appliances. Like they can sense the warmth and the hum. That explains why they always end up inside microwaves and power supplies. One little roach can fry a whole circuit board just by walking across the wrong spot.