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Learn Camera Repair – Although film is making something of a come back, one of the areas that is a huge potential stumbling block is the fact that most professional technicians are now either retired or close to retiring. In the UK over the last few years a whole bevy of some of the most expert repairers have closed up shop leaving classic film camera buffs with few options. Some whole marques and models are now almost unrepairable and with the so often heard advice of ‘just throw it away and buy another’ the available pool of viable cameras will only get smaller.

So how hard is it to do it yourself? What do you need to get started? Is it all worth it? In this article I’ll give you a walk through of my own journey and try to point out some of the pitfalls in learning repair.

An excellent article that I would like to recommend to any reader interested in the topic of camera repairs.

Among other things, devices for testing a camera shutter are also discussed, e.g. Reveni Labs Camera Tester by our member @Reveni-matt

 
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