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My dad told me to always check the shutter curtain ribbons first on old SLRs
He said it for years, but I never really listened until a Nikon FM2 came in with a sticky shutter. I spent an hour checking the usual stuff, gears and springs. Then I remembered his advice and pulled the curtain assembly. Sure enough, one of the thin fabric ribbons was starting to fray and catch. Replaced both, and it ran smooth. That was last Thursday, and it's been bugging me how much time I wasted. Anyone else have a simple tip they ignored for way too long?
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park.iris3mo ago
It's wild how often the simplest advice is the hardest to follow, even when it saves you so much trouble.
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troy_ross1mo ago
Hold up, wait wait wait. @park.iris, you're telling me your brain actually knows the "right move" in the moment? Because mine will be like "maybe don't eat that whole bag of chips at midnight" while my hand is already elbow deep in the bag. I'm convinced my brain and my body are two different people with zero communication. It's like I'm watching a movie of myself making bad choices and I can't even yell at the screen.
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perez.barbara3mo ago
Tell me about it. My brain will fully know the right move, like "just go to bed early," and then I'm up until 2am doomscrolling. It's like a personal rebellion against my own good sense. I guess we're all just out here making our own lives harder for no good reason sometimes.
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