What's the first camera you "fixed?

mannbro

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Lomo Smena Symbol. The shutter was stuck.

Had bought it off of eBay for pretty much nothing so thought what the heck, i'll give it a shot and if I fail, I can always buy a new one.

Got some important looking parts (a spring and a metal thingy) left over after taking it apart and putting it back together, but somehow it worked and still works to this day...
 
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John Koehrer

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Ashfaque said:
I took apart a point and shoot camera (probably an Olympus or a Nikon) and managwd to take the lens assembly unit (including the aperture) and the viewfinder without ruining them. They might become handy in future DIY projects. Does this count?
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Absolutely it counts. I've got a drawer full of future projects like that
 

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As a teenager I fixed a Yashica TLR where the mirror had slipped, giving a false focus reading. Worked fine after that.

I think that was the high point of my camera repair career. Since then all my success has been on the "take apart" phase of repair.
 

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benjiboy said:
Kitchen table home camera repairers are like surgeons you only hear about their successes, they bury their mistakes
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I'm offended. They're not buried!

They are right out in full view in that big cardboard box out in the shed.
 
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