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The weirdest camera I ever fixed was a Polaroid SX-70 that smelled like bacon
Honestly, a guy brought it in last Tuesday saying it wouldn't focus and had a weird smell. Tbh, I opened it up and found a greasy, crystallized mess inside the bellows. Over about six months, he'd been using it at his breakfast food truck in Austin and the constant grease vapor had coated everything. After a full clean with isopropyl and replacing a spring, it works fine but still has a faint pork scent. Has anyone else had to fix gear damaged by kitchen air?
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river1905d agoMost Upvoted
I worked on a Nikon from a pizza shop that had pepperoni grease in the zoom ring, @the_robert. The salt from the cured meat actually caused some corrosion on the contacts. Kitchen air is just brutal on gear over time.
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