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Had a week where every shutter I fixed came back perfect on the first test
Last Tuesday I got a Canon AE-1 with a stuck mirror that I was sure would need parts I didn't have. I opened it up, cleaned the foam residue off the bumper, and bam it snapped right back. Then on Thursday a customer brought in a Yashica that wouldn't wind film, turned out to be a tiny gear just slipped on its post. After five days of nothing but wins I'm just waiting for the next disaster to balance things out. Has anyone else had a run like that where everything just clicked?
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blair59724d ago
You ever notice how these perfect streaks always happen when you're not trying to prove anything? Like the universe knows when you're just going through the motions versus when you're desperate for a win. The AE-1 bumper foam is such a classic, but that Yashica gear slip sounds like something that would drive most people crazy trying to find. It's almost like the camera gods let you have a week where everything lines up just to remind you you actually know what you're doing, before they throw another mystery at you. What's the weirdest fix you've had where the problem was hiding in plain sight like that?
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the_paul25d ago
After five days of nothing but wins" reminds me of a buddy who restores old Polaroids. He had a streak last spring where every camera he touched worked on the first try. One was a Land 100 that had sat in a garage for thirty years, and he just swapped the battery and it fired right up. Then the next week a SX-70 came in with a cracked gear and he had to order parts from three different sellers.
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bennett.vera25d ago
The Yashica gear slip is exactly the kind of fix I love - last month I had a Pentax Spotmatic that just needed a drop of lighter fluid on the stuck shutter blades and it freed right up. Runs like that make you feel like a wizard until something humbles you again.
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