Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]there will always be those who step up to repair items that cam be repaired be it for love or money. and there are volumes of Ed Romney Amherst Media esque tests on repair There were something like 757,000 Nikon F cameras made,...something like 60,000 M4's if you want it repaired for use you can either fabricate a new part (if money is no object) or strip one from a lesser condition donor camera and while collectors may recoil in horror many parts from an M2/3/4/4-2/4-P/M6/M6J/M7/MD/MDa/M1/MD2 can be interchanged to make a working camera....btw Knight Camera repair owner Mike Knight works on Leicas all day and is in his 40's...Hiro at Camera Solutions (Knight Vancouver Wash CS PDX Oregon) is noy yet 50... On Apr 20, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: > As I'm currently studying engineering due to a passion for taking > things apart, repairing them and making them more efficient if > possible, I wonder: > > Who is the future of mechanical camera repair? > > There are no more schools that teach this and I can only take so many > cameras I own apart before I hit a "repertoire wall" and stop learning > about it. I don't think there is a single school which provides these > skills these days. It's literally a dying art and I want to know what > the future holds for cameras like my M4, Kyle's Nikon F2 and all of > your mechanical jewels which you use to still make photos. I want to > keep them working. > > PhilFo > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >