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Heard a guy at the shop today say he never cleans a mirror box without taping the shutter first.
He was working on an old Nikon F3 and said he's seen three shutters get nicked by a stray brush bristle. He uses a tiny piece of low-tack tape, the blue kind, to cover the shutter blades before he goes in. I tried it on a Pentax K1000 this afternoon and it felt way safer. That extra 30 seconds could save a huge headache. What's your go-to trick for keeping the shutter safe during a clean?
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xena3734d ago
My old Minolta taught me to always tape the shutter first, no exceptions.
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terry_wood514d ago
But why tape first... what happens if you don't?
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