You often read online that there is almost no one left to teach how to repair electronic SLRs.
And that's true, because those who can are now retired, and those who could are in eternal retirement. With that, the knowledge goes.
While you might be able to work through the complexity of a mechanical SLR camera with great enthusiasm, this is usually hopeless with an electronic SLR camera, as the circuits are not self-explanatory.
Which is a shame, because many interesting and even legendary cameras run on batteries. And repeatedly buying new, used ones that then work again for some time doesn't help when they all have the same basic problem that appears sooner or later.
Attempts to tinker with electronic SLRs usually end in disaster.
But the situation is much better than expected
There are detailed and precise technical information and repair instructions for almost all newer electronic SLRs.
Written in such a way that even an enthusiast with basic knowledge of electronics, mechanics, and repair can work with them successfully.
This is thanks to Larry Lyells, who, as a specialist author, wrote an incredible number of articles on camera technology and repair.
Larry Lyells on the right, with SPT President Bill Carn
See
Larry Lyells - 1982 Phil Zimmerman Award Winner, in: SPT Journal, March - April 1982, p. 4 (PDF)
Many of these, if not the most, are available on
An excellent teacher
Larry was not only a brilliant technician, repair expert and author, but also an excellent teacher who knew how to make complex subjects understandable.
Not only DIY repairers owe him a debt of gratitude for his work, which is key to the preservation and repair of most great electronic SLRs today.
Without Larry's work, these SLRs and we as DIY and professional repairers would be lost.
Tribute to Larry Lyells, who is unfortunately no longer with us.
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And that's true, because those who can are now retired, and those who could are in eternal retirement. With that, the knowledge goes.
While you might be able to work through the complexity of a mechanical SLR camera with great enthusiasm, this is usually hopeless with an electronic SLR camera, as the circuits are not self-explanatory.
Which is a shame, because many interesting and even legendary cameras run on batteries. And repeatedly buying new, used ones that then work again for some time doesn't help when they all have the same basic problem that appears sooner or later.
Attempts to tinker with electronic SLRs usually end in disaster.
But the situation is much better than expected
There are detailed and precise technical information and repair instructions for almost all newer electronic SLRs.
Written in such a way that even an enthusiast with basic knowledge of electronics, mechanics, and repair can work with them successfully.
This is thanks to Larry Lyells, who, as a specialist author, wrote an incredible number of articles on camera technology and repair.
Larry Lyells on the right, with SPT President Bill Carn
See
Larry Lyells - 1982 Phil Zimmerman Award Winner, in: SPT Journal, March - April 1982, p. 4 (PDF)
Many of these, if not the most, are available on
SPT Journal | Learn Camera Repair
The SPT Journal is a magazine published by the Society of Photo-Technologists, an organization of professional camera repair technicians. The Journal has in-depth articles on how to repair cameras, with many of the articles about a single model. We're reproducing back issues of the SPT Journal...
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Camera Craftsman Magazine | Learn Camera Repair
Camera Craftsman was an American publication for camera repair technicians. Please Note: In order to keep the site online, we are now asking $3.23 each for most of the files on the site. Tutorials written by members of the Learn Camera Repair Facebook Group are $1.25 each. After you complete...
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Camera Repair Manuals by Larry Lyells
<BR>Newer AF models Camera Repair Manuals by Larry Lyells
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An excellent teacher
Larry was not only a brilliant technician, repair expert and author, but also an excellent teacher who knew how to make complex subjects understandable.
Not only DIY repairers owe him a debt of gratitude for his work, which is key to the preservation and repair of most great electronic SLRs today.
Without Larry's work, these SLRs and we as DIY and professional repairers would be lost.
Tribute to Larry Lyells, who is unfortunately no longer with us.
Lost, no more new repair projects, bored? Ask Larry Lyells!
Without the technical articles by Larry Lyells, who probably created most of the content of the SPT Journal, The Camera Craftsman and the C & C Troubleshooting Guides, we would be in the dark when it comes to repairing our 1980s and 1990s cameras. With incredible meticulousness, Larry...
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SPT Journal: Further issues available on Learn Camera Repair; Larry Lyells photographed
https://learncamerarepair.com/productlist.php?category=0 Indispensable for technical information and repair instructions for cameras and accessories.
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