Futile repairs.

[KerrKid]

Ha, yeah, I tried to lay all the parts out in the same way the guy was taking it apart, but at some point there were like 20 little gears laying there, and practically invisible springs from where I couldn't tell, and it all started to become a bit confusing. Trying to route 60 year old pieces of string out of the camera was the last straw, I threw in the towel.

IV turned into a big 0, and is now in some landfill. Too bad, as I was actually interested in trying it out. I've loved my Retina IIIc/C's, and haven't dared do anything to them, in fact I just sent two of them off to get cleaned up by someone who knows what they're doing.

Who would that repair someone be?

 

[AC_NMC_1]

Paul Barden, I think he just works on Retinas. https://kodakretina.exposure.co/

 

[KerrKid]

Paul Barden, I think he just works on Retinas. https://kodakretina.exposure.co/

Ah, ok. Good to know if I ever get a Retina.

I send my Minolta's to John Titterington and my Pentax's to Eric Hendrickson.

I'm not sure who the "Olympus guy" is as I haven't needed one of those repaired, yet.

Zack's will get my Nikon FE after the holidays.

 

[FriedLouisStudio]

For future reference, the Olympus guy is John Hermanson. He's repaired both my OM-2n and Pen F twice over the years.

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[KerrKid]

For future reference, the Olympus guy is John Hermanson. He's repaired both my OM-2n and Pen F twice over the years.

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Thank you. Very good to know.

 

[Andreas Thaler]

Thank you. Very good to know.

You might have a look at

Repairs: Do it yourself or have it done?

I keep reading here and in other forums that people don't have the confidence to repair their photo gear. Because they have no talent for it, no patience, don't have the right tools, and so on … Others then give well-intentioned advice that you should just give your things to the workshop, the...

www.photrio.com

 

[KerrKid]

You might have a look at

Repairs: Do it yourself or have it done?

I keep reading here and in other forums that people don't have the confidence to repair their photo gear. Because they have no talent for it, no patience, don't have the right tools, and so on … Others then give well-intentioned advice that you should just give your things to the workshop, the...

www.photrio.com

I looked all over for that thread prior to you posting it and couldn't find it until today.) Yes, a workshop would be swell.

 

[John Koehrer]

Why did I even try to troubleshoot and repair a dead-on-arrival $8 Kodak VR35 K12? I should have just accepted the fact that it was dead, take my loss, and thrown it away. I would have 3 hours of my life back.

I admit to being compelled to try to fix things, some of which are unfixable. I'm learning when to walk away, but I'm a slow learner.

You are not alone!

 

[Axelwik]

It's like taking that art class in college that doesn't relate to your engineering or science degree program. Some may see it as a waste of time, but almost invariably in the long run, it leads to a richer and more fulfilled life. No experience is ever really wasted, and curiosity is a great thing! Invariably, interesting people have tried more and done more in their lives than the dullards. Failure is always a learning experience unless you keep doing the same exact thing expecting a different result, but that can be another topic.

 

[Sirius Glass]

It's like taking that art class in college that doesn't relate to your engineering or science degree program. Some may see it as a waste of time, but almost invariably in the long run, it leads to a richer and more fulfilled life. No experience is ever really wasted, and curiosity is a great thing! Invariably, interesting people have tried more and done more in their lives than the dullards. Failure is always a learning experience (unless you keep doing the same exact thing expecting a different result, but that's another topic).

During my engineering career almost always the best and smartest engineers were people who had non-technical interests such as art history, history, photography, music or a foreign language or culture. Being well rounded helps one see situations in multiple ways which I always found useful.

 

[Axelwik]

During my career in engineering almost always the best and smartest engineers were people who had non-technical interests such as art history, history, photography, music or a foreign language or culture. Being well rounded helps one see situations in multiple ways which I always found useful.

Absolutely correct! Same with my career as a scientist.