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This man has spent almost 60 years repairing analogue cameras

December 28, 2016John Aldred

On Via Paolo Lomazzo, in Milan, sits an unassuming shopfront. On the window are the words “Riparazioni Macchine Fotografiche” (“Camera Repair”) printed in simple bold letters. This is the workshop of 76 year old Gian Luigi Carminati, a man who has spent his entire working life repairing cameras. Armed with little more than a set […]

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Tearing down the $2,200 Nikon 105mm f/1.4

December 6, 2016John Aldred

When I see the phrase “for those of you following along at home” in a teardown article, I know it’s going to be a good one. This is especially so when it’s the first public teardown of such a new and expensive lens. Nikon announced the 105mm f/1.4E back in July to much fanfare. Many […]

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How to DIY repair a damaged tripod thread in your camera

October 18, 2016John Aldred

Tripod threads in the bottom of cameras and other devices are usually pretty solid. I’ve got cameras that are decades old that still have perfectly functional ones. But, I’ve also had a couple of adapters and gadgets where they haven’t survived so well. Quality control isn’t what it once was, and the number of devices […]

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Watch a GoPro Hero 5 taken apart piece by piece (then put together again)

October 15, 2016Udi Tirosh

When you were a kid, you may have toyed around with taking things apart. Then, putting them back together again. For me, more often than not, the put-back-together part ended with some spare parts. The lack of which did not seem to impact the assembled piece though. Watch the GoPro Hero 5 undergoing the same procedure. […]

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Canon told me my 24-70mm f/2.8L II was beyond repair. I asked for it back and fixed it myself

June 30, 2016Bimal Ramdoyal

I was shooting some images of the icebergs on the black sand beach by the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, Iceland with a rental EF 24-70mm F2.8L II. Iceland is notorious for being windy, and while I was shooting there was blowing winds carrying ocean spray and water splashes all over me and my camera + lens. […]

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“Specifications have nothing to do with quality” – Insights from a camera tech + the best lens teardown video you ever saw

March 3, 2016John Aldred

Mike Kusak at FixyourCamera.org is a self-confessed electronics nut. As a camera tech with over a decade of professional experience Mike has worked on some of the most advanced cameras and lenses available. In the first video of what looks set to become a valuable archive of reference material, Mike dismantles, repairs and rebuilds a Tokina […]

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