Wonderful short video about an old time camera repair man

[Eric Rose]

 

[AgX]

Already presented here recently, though in the Lounge.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[Eric Rose]

Oh well.

 

[TheToadMen]

Nice, but I don't speak Italian and I can hardly read the yellow subtitles.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Nice

 

[phelger]

Pure poetry!
Thanks for posting
Peter

 

[resummerfield]

Nice one! Thanks for posting!

 

[wiltw]

I would love to see a documentary program about the legendary Martin Forscher, Professional Camera Repair, in NYC, and the many custom modifications, etc. performed for client professional photographers. He holds a number of patents on photographic inventions.

"He got his start as a camera technician working with one of the greats of photography -- Edward Steichen -- in the U.S. Navy in World War II.

"I was hired because the man recruiting for Steichen thought I knew a lot about cameras," he said. "The fact is, I didn't know anything. They sent me up to New York to buy tools. I got back and locked myself up in a room. I got a brand-new Rolleiflex off the shelf and stripped it down completely, took every screw out of it. I put it in a box, shook it up and spent three weeks putting it back together."​

 

[mgb74]

Great short video. I particularly like "If I could talk to a camera, I would thank her."

 

[Wayne]

Already presented here recently, though in the Lounge.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Why would anyone go to the Lounge?

 

[Eric Rose]

At least the lounge isn't the cesspool the soapbox is.

 

[Wayne]

At least the lounge isn't the cesspool the soapbox is.

I didn't even know we had both, because I never visit either. I waste far too much time on the on-topic forums as it is!

 

[Dwayne Martin]

Thanks for posting that!

 

[bsdunek]

I enjoyed that - thanks!

 

[AgX]

I didn't even know we had both, because I never visit either. I waste far too much time on the on-topic forums as it is!

As we got no "history" forum I posted quite some historic things of the industry in the Lounge.
Where by now it got deleted...

 

[Helios 1984]

Fascinating. I wish the video was longer, imagine how many anecdotes this man could tell us.