Recent content by Michael Guzzi

Welcome! If you brought your gear over here and need some film, want to borrow a camera, or anything else, I'm a at a shout's distance(well a LOUD one ~100 km) Michael

Make sure the stainless is GOOD quality; the lesser stuff can corrode in contact with the more acidic/basic solutions. Had some Taiwanese tanks do that to me.

I dare not call my fixes a "CLA". But I've been able to fix all but a pretty banged up synchro-compur shutter, although most of the stuff wasn't too screwed up. My day job is tool and die making, so I'm quite used to work with tiny, almost vanishing tolerances and being extra careful and...

What about the PIIINNNG!!! Offer him $80 bandit:

If you had an F-2 instead , you could wield it like a morningstar to fend him off if needed :smile: +1!!! It's not my thing either. I really don't like being photographed, and just assume others wouldn't either. I'm sure I saved myself a lot of grief with that attitude.

Same here. I got two versions actually, one Zoom-Nikkor-C Auto and a Zoom-Nikkor 4.5N, Ai mount. I like them both very much. Didn't bother to "fix" the loose zoom on the Ai, I actually like it that way...

I was asking from a mechanical standpoint, it seems hard to set it just so, so it sits between the speeds, not being "sucked" into the whole stop detents.

I've never managed to understand how that may work, as there are detents on the speed dial that make intermediate speeds hard to select. Am I missing something here? Agree on the size thing (I am about 6' 4½" tall), even my FE-2 feels slightly too small for me, and waaay too light after using...

PIIINNNNNNG..... yes mine does it too. I don't find it a nuisance though.

Man, you are my hero! That machining was top notch! I really enjoyed watching your video, goes to show how far one can get if determination is there.

OK I could have worded it better, I meant the ordinary film enthusiast man. Of course, the true ordinary man doesn't even know film is still alive. Your CNC analogy is very valid. RE the replication, the same can be said for most mechanical parts, although I think it would be a more involved...

IMHO, that would be beyond the reach of the ordinary man. And the SMD sizes I'm talking about are the 0603 and 0402, which are by no means easy without practice and some decent equipment. Especially when the repair is on a machine assembled board with minimal space to work between components.

Isn't EV tied to an ISO value?

Edited to separate the relevant parts. Hope you don't mind Flavio. It will only tell what its sensors "see". Whether the defect is mechanical, electrical, electronic or software related (or a combination of these) is still up to the person in charge of the repair. The self diagnosis could even...

Thank you for posting this! I'll spread the link as much as I can!