literally just dropped and broke my 645 camera. i never understood why older photographers won't pass down their knowledge it seems so counterintuitive and selfish. this is really awesome.
I always hope someone like Pierro more common. Such a shame enthusiasm for film photography being holdback because most camera is in a bad condition or not working at all.
This is truely amazing to see a young person skilled enough and willing to repair all kind of film cameras, I wish Pierro all the best for the years to come !
Dude yes! I've wanted to do this for so long! I'd love watching him make videos on how to repair stuff because when I've tried it's been really tricky.
I love this! I've done a small amount of camera repairs, and recently got a couple of books from the 70s with detailed instructions to repair many different cameras so I can continue to learn to do this. I build my own 4x5 and 8x10 cameras as well, which is a good fun hobby in itself. Granted, I'm 45 and not 22, but I'm also not an old man, lol. I hope more young people get into this.
Pierro is a great bloke with a talent for camera repair that most of us can only dream of. I sent my OM-1 MD to him for a service and it came back working as good as new. When you have a talent for something, go for it, folks. You will never be out of work.
I had messaged Pierro just the other day about my MJUii and he said he doesn't want to repair them, so I tried to do it myself and it's now working fine!! :) He is such a down to earth, cool dude!
I recently rebuilt my Yashica Electro 35 (cleaned out the view finder, removed a dent on the lens and some battery corrosion, replaced the "pad of death" and gave everything a good clean). As a 17-year-old, this was my first time working on an old camera and it went really well, some advice I can give is: 1. ALWAYS wear gloves 2. stay calm and try not to rush things 3. always stay within your comfort zone
I love that he is tackling camera repairs! It takes a special kind of person with patience and perseverance to be confident with vintage camera repairs.
Thank you so much for this video. It's quite sad that older knowledgeable repair folk are thinking only of themselves and not the cameras that we love so much ! It's like they couldn't care less if the knowledge just disappears ? I would like this young man's info because I have a few cameras I would like to send him . Really glad you made this one, thanks again. Larry Mac
This was such perfect timing! Found out the other day that a Nikon 35ti I bought had a shutter issue. Got in contact with PPP and I’m sending it out to him for repair today. So awesome!
Very interesting interview, thanks. I saw my Rolleiflex disassembled on the repair technician’s bench-synchro compur shutter and all-so I have a lot of respect for this work and those who do it.
It's so great to see the younger generation taking interests in film photography, especially repairing old film cameras. My hat's off to Pierro for taking this on. I have an old Polariod SX-70 (an early model of the camera) that needed repair and reskining. I contacted several shops that repair them and didn't get any responses. I, then, took to Facebook and a film photo group to ask about repairing SX-70 cameras. I was point towards a young gentleman, still in college, who specializes in repairing SX-70 and Model 600 Polaroid cameras (Jayce Delker (Instant Legacy SX-70)). I emailed him and got a response in just a couple hours. Needless to say, I just sent my SX-70 to Jayce to repair, reskin and convert to 600 film as it's easier to come by and better in low light.
so happy you made this video! it would be so great if pierro could start his channel to share his knowledge. its a scary thought that film camera repairs will become more difficult in the future as the older repairers fade out... and its a thing i'd love to learn, if only someone would teach me.
I'm twenty years old and your Pentax 67 video was part of the reason I went ahead and got one. it came with issues and I can't afford to pay other people to do CLA's and general repairs so almost purely by economic forces I've repaired this camera and all of my other ones too. I'm a very clumsy lad and I'm not great with intricate work, but general camera repair that isn't calibration is really simple and I think anyone shooting film should get to know the basics because I believe it can be done by most people. if more people start getting involved in repair, we can save these finite resources of older gear for the next generation to experience.
Do you know about Camera Rescue? They're based in Finland and they have internships and training opportunities to learn the trade of repairing film cameras.
So glad this happening!!! Working at a photo lab we get so many people coming in with electronic heavy compacts and SLRs from the 80s and 90s. Averaging 30yr old knackered electronics. Some younger film shooters may have spent A LOT on these bodies and I know they're going to fail sooner or later. I hope PPP all the best and 3D printing should go some way to patching up these lovely pieces.
It's kinda sad that the old repairmen won't teach younger people who do want to learn their methods and knowledge. What happens if they die? They should write down all they know and pass it on.
the mentality of many is that their scarcity makes them valuable. Some of the biggest jerks I've ever found on the internet are selectric and pocketwatch repairmen
The biggest problem is not how to learn that. This is actually not that difficult, if you are at least a little talented and dedicated. The biggest problem is that there are no spare parts available. You need to pair up with an instrument mechanic who actually can make spare parts from scratch. Those are difficult to find nowadays as well, and their services are very expensive.
This video was terrific, great to see a young bloke taking on these skills. Especially interesting is that Piero wants to try making spare parts - is his intention to use 3D-printing ? I think this is going to be critical in keeping old cameras 'on the road', so please see if a follow-up video on this particular aspect is possible. It was also encouraging to hear that he is using new tools and techniques to repair the electronic components which are of course the weakest link in many old cameras. Keep going Pierro !
As an amateur repairman and film enthusiast, I have huge respect towards this guy. One humble suggestion is that information value is so crucial, maybe before working for Nat Geo or etc. you could consider giving workshops and train more than couple apprentices, also gain money at the same time. Anyways, good content!
I use to take watches apart as a kid,I loved the mechanical part of it. I can clean various parts on the camera and tried fixing this one. Which it didn't go well and where I thought it would. It was a Canon A-1 and the part that wasn't working correctly was the advanced shutter release magnet. I tried looking for one to replace it,but all the ones I came across was used. I wish there was a reproduction manufacturer that made parts like that,so if you couldn't find one that was in very good condition and worked you would have a plan B to be able to buy a new one!
Really talented guy, he has been repairing my cameras for a couple of years now and so honest and knowledge I highly recommend Pierro if you want to bring your vintage camera back to life instead of throwing it away :)
Brilliant - so glad I got some stuff off to Paolo two days ago, I think this will definitely accelerate his workload! But so nice to see someone young coming into this trade, my experiences so far with the long established ones is very mixed (on to 7 months now for a lens repair with one...)
That was a very interesting interview. Funny, my repair guy also recently named Olympus compact cameras as his most unfavorute camera to repair also. He said he was happy when parts dried up so he wouldn't have to service them anymore.
Those stupid old farts deserve to have their craft die with them, bunch of shit heads. Like they just don't want to share because they are angry and closed off? Great video, amazing to hear about this guy!
This is fantastic. I started maintaining my own cameras after I got tired of spending an awful lot of money on 'technicians' who would only flood the mechanisms with lighter fluid and machine oil and hand you an invoice. Its intimidating at first but after you've seen one Compur you've seen them all and everything else is a copy of whatever tech ended up becoming commercially successful. The innards of most cameras are nearly identical. Just make sure to spend money on good quality tools that fit the fasteners properly and take your time.
Manufacturing parts for cameras to be repaired sound really exciting. Film cameras are getting so expensive now because there are less and less working examples.
im 23 and im fixing camera (ps it start from film camera in Thailand *my country so expensive that make me start fixing camera for myself at first and then it start my hobby rn im work for film lab and fixing camera is my side job
I feel his pain! No one wants to touch film cameras and that's a shame. I've been learning to do repairs on film cameras for a while, mainly because I want to preserve them. Everything is repairable if the parts are available. I would LOVE someone to not necessarily teach me, because I feel repairs are just logical thinking and problem solving (and remembering where things go most of the time) but it would be handy to have a place to contact each other where repairmen can share tips on how to make certain repairs easier and more cost effective. For example, I was repairing a camera with no manual (as usual) and I needed to get the shutter mech out, and when I did, a spring uncoiled and a little piece fell out. I had to buy another identical camera and carefully disassemble it and find where the piece was and what position the shutter was in. I know how to do it now, but another person needs to figure it out again, and whereas if there was a place to share between repair shops, it could save someone time. Or the other way around. It's not always about money, but saving both the cameras and the trade. The price of film is already pretty high, and cameras are not getting cheaper, mainly because they're getting rarer. One example, look at Russian Zenits they're cheap and a great way of getting to know film in its pure form, but they're always listed as broken on eBay for peanuts. I've bought some for 99p on auction before. I thought of making a few videos, not necessarily showing a step by step how-to, but the whole process of diagnosing, taking apart and figuring out the problem with a camera and shooting with it. I know I enjoy that kind of content, but idk.
I repair and maintain my own SLRs. I'm in the middle of a repair on a friend's Miranda Auto Sensorex EE. I use the service manual and common sense. The Miranda service manual instructs that testing the metering system is done with the polarity reversed compared to actual operation (it's a positive ground device). It felt odd to do what they were saying even when I knew how the battery is really connected. I was scratching my head for a while! However I don't agree with not using the service manual. They are a source of not just information, but of some of the thinking that was corporate, technological and evolutionary. And it's very instructive that fundamental mistakes (like the polarity issue I just mentioned) was a part of everyday life for the camera techs of yore. I was an electronic tech for a long time before I ever dug into a camera. My first experience was with the Nikon FA. Silly really; it was the most advanced manual focus camera of it's time (or at least that Nikon ever manufactured) and it is not something you should go into as a newbie. I managed and it's happy again, though the ready light for flash is inoperative and I don't care as I don't use flash anymore. As a bonus I devised (once again the service manual was my only source of information) a way to use G lenses on the FA body - fantastic! - after NIkon and the local repair community said NO, or "good luck with your holy grail". I get control of aperture and access matrix metering in S and P modes with the 20mm f1.8G, the 85mm f1.4G and the 16-35mm f4G - just as would be the case with the Series E, AIS, AF and AF D lenses. The results with chrome are stunning or suck - depending on my skills in the given moment, not on the Nikon "granted" camera-lens / compatibility / sales target / "it's time to play down our previously vaunted forward and backward compatibility" / BS paradigm. The old skills and knowledge are going the way of the previous generations, and reinventing them for yourself, as you intimate, is going into a completely new world. It sounds dumb to the uninformed, much the way that it sounds useless to "come up to speed" on legacy technologies like maintaining / crewing WWII combat planes, or repairing mechanical watches. Keep up the good work! I've had to devise some of my own tools. Can you get a 1.2mm snap ring onto a shaft whose end is almost too awkwardly placed to access? The FAs inner shutter speeds indicator dial is fitted that way. It almost drove me nuts! I'd never heard of a snap ring before. I'd never seen a spanner wrench of the kind needed for camera work before. I'd never heard of JIS screwdrivers before - of utmost importance if you're dealing in anything like a camera body and want it to survive the workbench - as you know. I wish there was still fast chrome available. I paid a lot for pro-packs of Fuji Provia 400X after expiry. Actually any Provia 400 is beautiful, but it's even older than the X, and is practically gone too. (Some of it is still around on ebay, though not in pro-packs). Ditto for Fuji Reala. A nice bonus is that Kodak started manufacturing Ektachrome 100 again, so there is still a choice other than Fuji Provia 100 and Velvia 50 and 100. A caution though: the Fuji films I mention that are still on store shelves don't seem to be available in 5 (pro) packs anymore - the usual sign that they're milking the market by selling singles until supplies dry up. Hope this is untrue, but I have stock now just in case.
got a canonet gii off craigslist a couple months ago, stuck aperture and exposure counter, spent like 3 days fixing it. think the most important thing is clear cohesive videos on how to go about doing stuff on yt, that’s how i got through it. it works now but i never use it 🙃. would rather use a poloroid or point and shoot, they smaller lighter and more fun
Fixes cameras and is a student? holy shit hat's off to you mate
Really though, he must have a hectic schedule sometimes. Good work mate. I hope your business grow to be very successful in the future
dude straight up saving film as a medium, thank you
literally just dropped and broke my 645 camera. i never understood why older photographers won't pass down their knowledge it seems so counterintuitive and selfish. this is really awesome.
I always hope someone like Pierro more common. Such a shame enthusiasm for film photography being holdback because most camera is in a bad condition or not working at all.
This is truely amazing to see a young person skilled enough and willing to repair all kind of film cameras, I wish Pierro all the best for the years to come !
No way! I had my camera repaired by him! Great video!
Dude yes! I've wanted to do this for so long! I'd love watching him make videos on how to repair stuff because when I've tried it's been really tricky.
I love this! I've done a small amount of camera repairs, and recently got a couple of books from the 70s with detailed instructions to repair many different cameras so I can continue to learn to do this. I build my own 4x5 and 8x10 cameras as well, which is a good fun hobby in itself. Granted, I'm 45 and not 22, but I'm also not an old man, lol. I hope more young people get into this.
Pierro is a great bloke with a talent for camera repair that most of us can only dream of. I sent my OM-1 MD to him for a service and it came back working as good as new. When you have a talent for something, go for it, folks. You will never be out of work.
I had messaged Pierro just the other day about my MJUii and he said he doesn't want to repair them, so I tried to do it myself and it's now working fine!! :) He is such a down to earth, cool dude!
What broke? My flash stopped working too, typical mju huh
@@yjuinn It was dust stuck inside the lens nechanism (I think). For a busted flash you might need spare parts.
You’re a legend mate! Hope your business goes from strength to strength!
Excellant interview!
I'm in my 50's and I'd love to be his apprentice. I could learn a lot from him.
i did not expect this crossover episode
I recently rebuilt my Yashica Electro 35 (cleaned out the view finder, removed a dent on the lens and some battery corrosion, replaced the "pad of death" and gave everything a good clean). As a 17-year-old, this was my first time working on an old camera and it went really well, some advice I can give is:
1. ALWAYS wear gloves
2. stay calm and try not to rush things
3. always stay within your comfort zone
I love that he is tackling camera repairs! It takes a special kind of person with patience and perseverance to be confident with vintage camera repairs.
Thank you so much for this video. It's quite sad that older knowledgeable repair folk are thinking only of themselves and not the cameras that we love so much ! It's like they couldn't care less if the knowledge just disappears ? I would like this young man's info because I have a few cameras I would like to send him . Really glad you made this one, thanks again. Larry Mac
This was such perfect timing! Found out the other day that a Nikon 35ti I bought had a shutter issue. Got in contact with PPP and I’m sending it out to him for repair today. So awesome!
Very interesting interview, thanks. I saw my Rolleiflex disassembled on the repair technician’s bench-synchro compur shutter and all-so I have a lot of respect for this work and those who do it.
Cussing out the old repairers is brilliant
the hero we need
Pierro has done some repairs for me and I've been delighted. Nice to meet you Pierro!
It's so great to see the younger generation taking interests in film photography, especially repairing old film cameras. My hat's off to Pierro for taking this on. I have an old Polariod SX-70 (an early model of the camera) that needed repair and reskining. I contacted several shops that repair them and didn't get any responses. I, then, took to Facebook and a film photo group to ask about repairing SX-70 cameras. I was point towards a young gentleman, still in college, who specializes in repairing SX-70 and Model 600 Polaroid cameras (Jayce Delker (Instant Legacy SX-70)). I emailed him and got a response in just a couple hours. Needless to say, I just sent my SX-70 to Jayce to repair, reskin and convert to 600 film as it's easier to come by and better in low light.
Is that over in America - I need a SX-70 Sonar that needs some work!
Great interview! So glad he's learning - It's a potential goldmine if only a few people keep learning this. Also glad he's innovating.
awesome work George and thank you for bringing light to the guy, really inspiring and interesting to hear his story!
so happy you made this video! it would be so great if pierro could start his channel to share his knowledge. its a scary thought that film camera repairs will become more difficult in the future as the older repairers fade out... and its a thing i'd love to learn, if only someone would teach me.
I'm twenty years old and your Pentax 67 video was part of the reason I went ahead and got one. it came with issues and I can't afford to pay other people to do CLA's and general repairs so almost purely by economic forces I've repaired this camera and all of my other ones too. I'm a very clumsy lad and I'm not great with intricate work, but general camera repair that isn't calibration is really simple and I think anyone shooting film should get to know the basics because I believe it can be done by most people. if more people start getting involved in repair, we can save these finite resources of older gear for the next generation to experience.
Great to see someone keeping film alive with his passion!
Props for giving this guy some attention! Been following him on Instagram for a while, and he really does some great work. Very inspiring.
Excellent.nice to see someone young keeping film cameras going.good luck
Do you know about Camera Rescue? They're based in Finland and they have internships and training opportunities to learn the trade of repairing film cameras.
Such a lovely guy
He is only older than my by a year. I like his personality and is like the Fix Old Camera’s TH-camr channel.
SO SO glad you made this video, and hopefully others will follow suit!
Great find here! Yes he should definitely do some repair videos and go over basic tools needed, etc. We are going to need more people doing this!
So glad this happening!!! Working at a photo lab we get so many people coming in with electronic heavy compacts and SLRs from the 80s and 90s. Averaging 30yr old knackered electronics. Some younger film shooters may have spent A LOT on these bodies and I know they're going to fail sooner or later.
I hope PPP all the best and 3D printing should go some way to patching up these lovely pieces.
It's kinda sad that the old repairmen won't teach younger people who do want to learn their methods and knowledge. What happens if they die? They should write down all they know and pass it on.
the mentality of many is that their scarcity makes them valuable. Some of the biggest jerks I've ever found on the internet are selectric and pocketwatch repairmen
THIS IS NOT TRUE! There is an entire facebook group dedicated to passing on the craft of fixing cameras for FREE.
@@RJMPictures the same with typewriters. It’s called the antique typewriter maintenance group.
@@RJMPictures Whats the name of this group ^^
The biggest problem is not how to learn that. This is actually not that difficult, if you are at least a little talented and dedicated. The biggest problem is that there are no spare parts available. You need to pair up with an instrument mechanic who actually can make spare parts from scratch. Those are difficult to find nowadays as well, and their services are very expensive.
He has returned!!!
what a cool guy. hats off to him. bravo !
Just had my Olympus XA and XA4 fixed by Pierro. Great service and highly recommended!
hglf what was wrong with your XA and XA4 camera’s?
I've inherited my late Fathers camera collection. All are 35mm SLR's. I'm looking forward to getting some film and playing with the Zenit.
This video was terrific, great to see a young bloke taking on these skills. Especially interesting is that Piero wants to try making spare parts - is his intention to use 3D-printing ? I think this is going to be critical in keeping old cameras 'on the road', so please see if a follow-up video on this particular aspect is possible. It was also encouraging to hear that he is using new tools and techniques to repair the electronic components which are of course the weakest link in many old cameras. Keep going Pierro !
Thank goodness for young people who care!
Pierro has done some work for me in the past - really nice guy!
As an amateur repairman and film enthusiast, I have huge respect towards this guy. One humble suggestion is that information value is so crucial, maybe before working for Nat Geo or etc. you could consider giving workshops and train more than couple apprentices, also gain money at the same time. Anyways, good content!
I use to take watches apart as a kid,I loved the mechanical part of it. I can clean various parts on the camera and tried fixing this one. Which it didn't go well and where I thought it would. It was a Canon A-1 and the part that wasn't working correctly was the advanced shutter release magnet. I tried looking for one to replace it,but all the ones I came across was used. I wish there was a reproduction manufacturer that made parts like that,so if you couldn't find one that was in very good condition and worked you would have a plan B to be able to buy a new one!
Love this! So thankful for Pierro, he's keeping a ton of my cameras in working order 💪🏼😎
Really talented guy, he has been repairing my cameras for a couple of years now and so honest and knowledge I highly recommend Pierro if you want to bring your vintage camera back to life instead of throwing it away :)
A video I needed but did not know I wanted. Thank you again, Negative Feedback.
Brilliant - so glad I got some stuff off to Paolo two days ago, I think this will definitely accelerate his workload! But so nice to see someone young coming into this trade, my experiences so far with the long established ones is very mixed (on to 7 months now for a lens repair with one...)
He's such a gem. I would definitely watch his channel if he started one. I own a lot of film cameras, maintenance up keep would be a good idea. :-)
AYE!! I messaged Pierro a while ago when I found PPP camera repair. Sick!
Sent many cameras to Pierro - always promptly done and to a high standard!
Very likeable guy. Good on him
What an intelligent young man!!
That was a very interesting interview. Funny, my repair guy also recently named Olympus compact cameras as his most unfavorute camera to repair also. He said he was happy when parts dried up so he wouldn't have to service them anymore.
He's the real MVP
Thank you to you. One of your best videos ever. Cheers.
He’s backkkk
This is incredible.
True heroes still exist
Me: *thinking of getting my mju ii repaired*
Pierro: nope
I've tried pulling apart mju. That was not a good idea.
@@marcthomt1 I took mine apart to fix the half-press on the shutter.. ruined it
Those stupid old farts deserve to have their craft die with them, bunch of shit heads. Like they just don't want to share because they are angry and closed off? Great video, amazing to hear about this guy!
I'm 17 and I just fixed my x-570 from parts of a broken x-700, now I just gotta fix the x-700 lol
Did you fix it
TangyOrange nope
Glad that there are young guns such as yourself. Wish you were in Australia.
Super hero of the film world
Very good news!
This is fantastic. I started maintaining my own cameras after I got tired of spending an awful lot of money on 'technicians' who would only flood the mechanisms with lighter fluid and machine oil and hand you an invoice. Its intimidating at first but after you've seen one Compur you've seen them all and everything else is a copy of whatever tech ended up becoming commercially successful. The innards of most cameras are nearly identical. Just make sure to spend money on good quality tools that fit the fasteners properly and take your time.
What a lovely story. We are in great hands. How about turning up in Australia? I hear the weather is great.
Pierre repairs cameras for me and he is brilliant
thanks for making this video!
The guy is a genius!
what a cool chap, I'm a studet nurse but offten like to take film photos. This makes me want to drop nursing and learn the craft of fixing cameras!
Great video, awesome young man 📷👍👏
pierro semms to be a crazy and lovley guy. thank you for the video and thank you pierro for all the repairs you did for me so far.
this dude is a genius
Yes, please show us the tools and methods for this. And if there are any night-college units we should do first.
Manufacturing parts for cameras to be repaired sound really exciting. Film cameras are getting so expensive now because there are less and less working examples.
Pietro is amazing at what he does with photography from being a close friend of his, check him out as he can fix ANY CAMERAS!
7:51, been working on getting a top plate off my yashica 72 for hours and he says this. i hope he starts up that channel!!!
im 23 and im fixing camera (ps it start from film camera in Thailand *my country so expensive that make me start fixing camera for myself at first and then it start my hobby rn im work for film lab and fixing camera is my side job
I'm going to get into this. Going to the UK to learn lol
I feel his pain! No one wants to touch film cameras and that's a shame. I've been learning to do repairs on film cameras for a while, mainly because I want to preserve them. Everything is repairable if the parts are available. I would LOVE someone to not necessarily teach me, because I feel repairs are just logical thinking and problem solving (and remembering where things go most of the time) but it would be handy to have a place to contact each other where repairmen can share tips on how to make certain repairs easier and more cost effective. For example, I was repairing a camera with no manual (as usual) and I needed to get the shutter mech out, and when I did, a spring uncoiled and a little piece fell out. I had to buy another identical camera and carefully disassemble it and find where the piece was and what position the shutter was in. I know how to do it now, but another person needs to figure it out again, and whereas if there was a place to share between repair shops, it could save someone time. Or the other way around. It's not always about money, but saving both the cameras and the trade. The price of film is already pretty high, and cameras are not getting cheaper, mainly because they're getting rarer. One example, look at Russian Zenits they're cheap and a great way of getting to know film in its pure form, but they're always listed as broken on eBay for peanuts. I've bought some for 99p on auction before. I thought of making a few videos, not necessarily showing a step by step how-to, but the whole process of diagnosing, taking apart and figuring out the problem with a camera and shooting with it. I know I enjoy that kind of content, but idk.
What a lad.
Yeah man. This is what I want
I repair and maintain my own SLRs. I'm in the middle of a repair on a friend's Miranda Auto Sensorex EE. I use the service manual and common sense. The Miranda service manual instructs that testing the metering system is done with the polarity reversed compared to actual operation (it's a positive ground device). It felt odd to do what they were saying even when I knew how the battery is really connected. I was scratching my head for a while! However I don't agree with not using the service manual. They are a source of not just information, but of some of the thinking that was corporate, technological and evolutionary. And it's very instructive that fundamental mistakes (like the polarity issue I just mentioned) was a part of everyday life for the camera techs of yore. I was an electronic tech for a long time before I ever dug into a camera. My first experience was with the Nikon FA. Silly really; it was the most advanced manual focus camera of it's time (or at least that Nikon ever manufactured) and it is not something you should go into as a newbie. I managed and it's happy again, though the ready light for flash is inoperative and I don't care as I don't use flash anymore. As a bonus I devised (once again the service manual was my only source of information) a way to use G lenses on the FA body - fantastic! - after NIkon and the local repair community said NO, or "good luck with your holy grail". I get control of aperture and access matrix metering in S and P modes with the 20mm f1.8G, the 85mm f1.4G and the 16-35mm f4G - just as would be the case with the Series E, AIS, AF and AF D lenses. The results with chrome are stunning or suck - depending on my skills in the given moment, not on the Nikon "granted" camera-lens / compatibility / sales target / "it's time to play down our previously vaunted forward and backward compatibility" / BS paradigm. The old skills and knowledge are going the way of the previous generations, and reinventing them for yourself, as you intimate, is going into a completely new world. It sounds dumb to the uninformed, much the way that it sounds useless to "come up to speed" on legacy technologies like maintaining / crewing WWII combat planes, or repairing mechanical watches.
Keep up the good work! I've had to devise some of my own tools. Can you get a 1.2mm snap ring onto a shaft whose end is almost too awkwardly placed to access? The FAs inner shutter speeds indicator dial is fitted that way. It almost drove me nuts! I'd never heard of a snap ring before. I'd never seen a spanner wrench of the kind needed for camera work before. I'd never heard of JIS screwdrivers before - of utmost importance if you're dealing in anything like a camera body and want it to survive the workbench - as you know.
I wish there was still fast chrome available. I paid a lot for pro-packs of Fuji Provia 400X after expiry. Actually any Provia 400 is beautiful, but it's even older than the X, and is practically gone too. (Some of it is still around on ebay, though not in pro-packs). Ditto for Fuji Reala. A nice bonus is that Kodak started manufacturing Ektachrome 100 again, so there is still a choice other than Fuji Provia 100 and Velvia 50 and 100. A caution though: the Fuji films I mention that are still on store shelves don't seem to be available in 5 (pro) packs anymore - the usual sign that they're milking the market by selling singles until supplies dry up. Hope this is untrue, but I have stock now just in case.
What a legend
Lovely episode ❤️
loooove, go on son! keep at it. inspiring in so many ways.
Man, I’m not working hard enough. Great video.
This dude is so cool!
Thanks for the info!
I have a question my Argus c44 leaf shutter is stuck and opened how to fix it ? Pls tell me
Good on him!
Definitely not a dying art form.
Do you CLA shutters for Large Format cameras?
my mju ii has fully given up the ghost, think I'm gonna try and fix it myself because it literally can't get worse
has anyone from overseas mainly america gotten something repaired by him?
Excellent stuff!
got a canonet gii off craigslist a couple months ago, stuck aperture and exposure counter, spent like 3 days fixing it. think the most important thing is clear cohesive videos on how to go about doing stuff on yt, that’s how i got through it. it works now but i never use it 🙃. would rather use a poloroid or point and shoot, they smaller lighter and more fun
Previous generations tend to fix things, nowadays it’s easier to find new ones rather than fix. The same applied to relationships
Look forward to watching TH-cam videos on camera repairs
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