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Shoutout to the tech who showed me the trick with the tiny spring in a Leica M3 viewfinder
I was in a tiny back room in Austin, about to give up on a jammed frame counter, when he calmly used a piece of fishing line to guide the spring back into its channel without taking the whole top plate off.
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emmamason1mo ago
Fishing line, on a Leica?
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tessaperry1d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly, I'd probably use duct tape and a prayer.
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lee181mo ago
That kind of quiet, clever fix is the best. It's a lost art, solving problems with patience and a simple tool instead of brute force.
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Remember when people would fix a wobbly table with a folded napkin? Now they just buy a whole new one. My grandpa could tune a radio just by the sound, no apps needed. That kind of quiet skill feels like it's fading away, and it's a real shame.
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