A customer brought in a Pentax K1000 with the shutter stuck because they used a can of air on it

This happened yesterday at my shop in Boise. They said they saw a 'dust bunny' in the viewfinder and blasted it, which just forced the debris deeper into the shutter mechanism. I had to do a full disassembly to get the tiny fibers out, a two hour job. Has anyone else seen this specific mistake become more common lately?

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annanguyen26d ago

My buddy had the same thing happen with his old Nikon after cleaning the mirror box.

tylerjackson26d ago

Heard that can mess with the sensor alignment.

the_dylan20d agoMost Upvoted

Classic case of the fix making it worse. That compressed air is basically a debris cannon for old cameras.