Shoutout to the old school repair guy I met at a camera show

Honestly I was at the Photorama swap meet in Chicago last month and this guy named Dave who's been fixing cameras since the 70s told me I was using too much lubricant on shutter blades. He said less is more and most problems come from overdoing it. It hit different because I've been stripping and cleaning leaf shutters for years thinking more oil meant smoother operation. Has anyone else had a pro tell them something that completely flipped their repair routine?

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verawhite9d ago

That's a great lesson and honestly it applies to so many things. Like with my car, I used to think if a little bit of cleaner was good, then a ton of it must be better. Turns out I was just making a mess and stripping away the stuff that actually protects the engine parts. Same thing with seasoning a cast iron skillet, people go way overboard with oil and get a sticky mess. Sometimes the pros just know that less effort and fewer products is the real trick. Your shutter guy was probably trying to save you from gumming up a perfectly good mechanism.

reese1249d ago

Nah @verawhite, it's just cleaning not rocket science.