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Great video! I am going through the camera repair course and looking forward to doing more in depth repairs. Is there anyway the video could have dialogue like your newer ones? The music is nice but your explanations are quite helpful. Thank you!

re: XD11 pistol there is a service procedure in the repair manual. It says to clean/degrease the pistol and its house then add some oil then wipe it all off. Had this problem with mine follow the Service procedure working great. also had a Bad cap on my X300 which i replaced and also working :-)

Fascinating

You have a very unique accent. Where are you from?

Why did you tension the curtains so far?

Awesome! I learned that I can clean the prism on my x-700 without really taking anything apart. Thank you.

Very interesting video.

Very interesting video.

Amazing work Garry!!! Thanks for sharing your work!!! What a shame how many of these Pentax Mz / zx cameras share this very same issue ... Otherwise great cameras!!! I hope to see more repairs video in the future!!!!

Great videos. I appreciate the help and expertise from you. Would you mind telling me where you got the tweezers you use and the make? I have smaller watch making tweezers but can’t seem to find a good larger size like yours. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this video. I have two X700 bodies with the same exact issue you mentioned at around 17min mark? Do you happen to fix that as part of the CLA procedure? Do you accept repairs from EU? Also any chance you could share if the equivalent light cells are available to purchase?

The blue capacitor is tantalum capacitor, it will not leak but it has an other mode of failure: getting in short circuit, sometimes it will even burn out and release the magic smoke. This catastrophic scenario is not too likely to happen with a 2 button cells power source however, but it is more an issue when these caps are used in devices with a strong power supply as vintage computers, lab equipment, etc.

Best A-1 service video ever!

Great video! would love to see a full first gen canon F-1 teardown and overhaul!

Great video. I have X70 with symptons likely resulting from these capacitors. Can you Pls advise which part number (or specs on uF, V, size..) of the capacitors I should buy for replacement? Thank you.

Excellent video… concise and to the point. Question… what happens to the piece that breaks off? Is it still in the workings of the camera?

Thank you so much! This was very much needed for my X-700. I will try the fix myself and update you!

Another very informative video. I do like them better when you do narration with the repair. The music on this one is very repetitive and somewhat distracting. Otherwise a great video!

very nice👍

Hey dude whats your friction tool?

Great video, I enjoy watching you clean and lube these pieces of history. Question… what do you clean the mirror and viewfinder with? Distilled water? Thank you again for an excellent well put together video.

Another amazing video on camera repair. I have often wondered if there are certain cameras that aren’t the favorite ones that technicians like to repair. It has to be a real challenge to learn the proper technique of servicing some models. Great video that shows your skillset.

Had to watch this video again, your skill set just amazes me. Thank you!

New to your channel, but I am very impressed with your skill set and quality of the video. I am now subscribed!

Is this THE Garry's camera repair?

Incredibly well made video, really detailed and loving how you're getting these vintage cameras back in action.

Great video. I wish we hat commentary. Short question: Would you recommend I replace all capacitors? I just got my Minolta XG-M and it fired ok for 5 days. Then it suddenly stopped working. I can see the LEDs working in the viewfinder until I try to fire. When I do, the LEDs turn off and only turn on again after I turn the camera off and on again. From the stuff I read online, the capacitors are most likely faulty. I haven't opened the camera but I will do so in a few days when I have more time.

Tedious work !! Wow

I really should've watched this before attempting repair. All i did was remove the old cap and replace it but the camera had the same symptoms. I see you unsoldered and resoldered a few other connections. I just finished taking the camera apart before seeing this and now I'm not sure if i can put it back together 😢

Amazing video. Convinced me NOT to do the repair with my lack of skill with small things

Seriously the best repair content I’ve seen on TH-cam. 💯 Really hope the channel takes off for you. 🙌

Could you also do video about other issue that plagues all those MZ series camera - broken plastic motor pinion which results in completely unusable camera..? There were some identical brass pinions available in past for some RC model cars, but no longer available.

Hi Gary, what are the symptoms of the bad capacitors? I have an XG-M and the shutter won’t fire sometimes even with proper exposure. Is this related to the bad caps? Thanks in advance.

Do you do rangefinder cameras aswell? or only SLRs?

Excellent video on your work. It obviously takes a great amount of skill to know how to CLA the A1. You kept my interest all the way though. Question… before applying the rear light seals, was that a glue or oil that you applied? Thank you !

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Beautiful quality 35mm camera

I had my OM-2SP repaired a few years ago for a similar issue. My favorite camera for sure. Thanks for the video!

Amazing work. I had several Minolta and Nikon film cameras repaired by you. Thank you.

Le mie Olympus ti ringraziano ed io insieme a loro. Purtroppo non ho la tua stessa manualità e professionalità e quindi i miei tempi si allungano ma vuoi mettere la soddisfazione di esserci riuscito da solo. Certo che se ti avessi vicino le affiderei volentieri a te. Ultimamente sto cercando di rianimare una bella Nikon F100 che ha avuto un versamento di acido dalle batterie ma pur pulendo il tutto, contatti compresi non da nessun segno di vita e da quanto vedo in giro, è piuttosto diffuso il problema. Ti è mai capitata? Grazie in ogni caso per i tuoi video che sono VERAMENTE UTILI!

I have been reading a lot more about camera maintenance and the pentax MX in special. I own 5 of them and have fixed some of them . Now what bothers me about this video is the service that is shown here. Basically the shutter maintenance is just adding tension to the shutter curtains without using a curtain tester. This makes little sense considering there's a specific curtain speed of 12.2 to 12.3 ms that is recommended by the official repair manual. Just adding tension increases the speed. More tension means higher forces and more wear. Secondly lubrication is just flushing the cam with a lot of oil. The proper way to do it would be to clean it of old lubricants first and then applying only a little amount to relubricate the mechanisms. Some even go as far as greasing contacts to minimize wear. And the best of all would be to actually disassemble the whole mechanisms and clean them individually in a supersonic before reassembling and reoiling. My guess would be that this camera, while initially working better might end up having bad shutter times and potentially breaking sooner due to the unnecessary tension in the shutter curtains.

Hello, I have a focusing problem with my Minolta X-500. When the mirror is lowered, I realize that it does not fold down completely, it remains raised for half a millimeter before being completely lowered. if I push it gently I can lower it so that it is well positioned. Do you have any ideas on how I can resolve this problem? Thank you for your extremely informative videos.

Hi, are you still fixing cameras? I have a few Minolta old srts I would like to have serviced at some point. Thanks!

It wouldn't be so bad if you would explain what you are doing instead of playing that stupid annoying music in the background.

Thank you for this vidéo, it will help to fix mine. My first camera bought in 1978 when I was at university of Strasbourg it is still vaillant especially with the smc A 100. f2,8 macro and my smc 200 f2,5. It’s One of my favorite camera with my Nikon Df dslr I take everywhere I go. The music is anoying wéd préfère the sounds of the tools and the shutter working. All the best

Hola he comprado una y en la parte metalizada tiene una pequeña mancha marron como de oxido, como lo puedo limpiar???

Not for the do it yourselfer. W /o experience .

That’s the most oil I have ever seen put on a camera….

For the X-300/370 and the Chinese clones it's exactly the same procdure. Friend of mine did it for me years ago as I am lousy with a soldering iron 😇

Would love either ambient audio or voiceover explaining what you're doing here. The music is a distraction 😐