Nice. I have an old Canon manual focus T90 film camera which I loved. Put in the AA batteries (it ran on 4 for camera and motor drive). The display screen in the view finder said "HELP" in its glowing red letters. It said EEE on the top lcd display. I guess the shutter is gone because I left sitting too long. It was kind of a remarkable message from a camera, and I had to double check to be sure.
The old SLRs are always fascinating to me. The little circut boards through out the camera body and the crazy mechanical systems.
FixOldCameras mainly focuses on cameras from the 70s and earlier where electronics are nonexistent or fairly simple.
Late-90s cameras like the Nikon F100 are a different beast entirely. The only thing worse are probably compacts from that era like the Olympus mju. If something goes wrong there you can essentially give up on fixing it.
Actually the 90s ones are generally terrible They are really complicated nests of parts and flex PCBs and cables. Unlike the newer ones, there's usually some older style stuff in there just to screw with you like soldered joints on inconveniently short single wires and glue.
Cameras are smaller, requiring more dexterity and often specialized small tools. And you usually have to disassemble a significant portion of the camera to repair things. And they don't (usually) require frequent periodic maintenance like a motorcycle or car (oil changes, chain lube/tension, tires, brakes, etc) - usually just repairs when they fail.
Nice. I have an old Canon manual focus T90 film camera which I loved. Put in the AA batteries (it ran on 4 for camera and motor drive). The display screen in the view finder said "HELP" in its glowing red letters. It said EEE on the top lcd display. I guess the shutter is gone because I left sitting too long. It was kind of a remarkable message from a camera, and I had to double check to be sure.
The old SLRs are always fascinating to me. The little circut boards through out the camera body and the crazy mechanical systems.
https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/canon-t90-the-infamous...
When I was fixing old cameras, the "Fix Old Cameras" Youtube Channel was a solid resource:
https://www.youtube.com/@FixOldCameras
FixOldCameras mainly focuses on cameras from the 70s and earlier where electronics are nonexistent or fairly simple.
Late-90s cameras like the Nikon F100 are a different beast entirely. The only thing worse are probably compacts from that era like the Olympus mju. If something goes wrong there you can essentially give up on fixing it.
Actually the 90s ones are generally terrible They are really complicated nests of parts and flex PCBs and cables. Unlike the newer ones, there's usually some older style stuff in there just to screw with you like soldered joints on inconveniently short single wires and glue.
Trick for the F100 is buy 4-5 N80/F80's. They weigh a lot less and if one dies you just get another one out :)
This kind of repair documentation ages really well. A few labeled teardown photos can save someone hours years from now.
When i bought an old motorcycle, genuinely all I needed was a Clymer repair guide. I'm shocked these things don't exist for more things, eg cameras.
Nikon at least actually have service manuals for all their recent stuff online now https://ssr.downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en_US/products/29...
Think the modern stuff is easier to repair to be honest.
Cameras are smaller, requiring more dexterity and often specialized small tools. And you usually have to disassemble a significant portion of the camera to repair things. And they don't (usually) require frequent periodic maintenance like a motorcycle or car (oil changes, chain lube/tension, tires, brakes, etc) - usually just repairs when they fail.
as well as being able to tune and measure shutter speed timings and such.
I found the Reddit dig at the end of the article very humorous.
v nice thx