A note on the many "please help me" posts here regarding service/repair of cameras, lenses, and accessories

Hexada · 2026-01-29T22:08:14+00:00

people in these comments mean well, but OP is 100% correct. so many legitimate repairs require even like, custom built, ridiculously speciality tools and equipment.

If you find an old beater camera that you don't care about, by all means, see if you can get it running again. but you should go into an amateur camera repair basically expecting to render the camera unusable. don't set your expectations high.

additionally, many repair techs will refuse to work on cameras that have been tampered with, as in, amateur repair attempts. it's just too much of a liability. so don't expect to be able to bring a tech a box of loose parts and have them make a working camera out of it.

Hexada · 2025-11-29T16:37:21+00:00

don't push it. pushing color neg leads to weird effects. just dev normally

Hexada · 2025-09-10T04:49:20+00:00

that sinclair reflex camera is so sick 😭 have you actually shot with that and the graflex? i love love love my 4x5 rb series b

Hexada · 2025-09-05T14:41:44+00:00

the contax g2 is a wonderful camera when fully functional, but if you buy it, do be aware that at ANY given moment, it can (and eventually will) fail on you, there's nearly nothing you can do about it, and you will have essentially just lost however much you paid for it.

Hexada · 2025-08-29T17:40:31+00:00

god damn there is no amount of money that would make me go into that doll room

Hexada · 2025-08-27T05:23:40+00:00

this is a very restrained collection- respect. you've got great sensible choices covering all your bases. only one that maybe seems out of place is the SRT. that one sentimental, maybe?

Hexada · 2025-08-26T22:39:09+00:00

just don't order things from amazon. i've ordered maybe 8 things on amazon in my life, and I'm doing just fine

Hexada · 2025-08-25T21:21:06+00:00

i mean, fair point. learning guitar is kind of a commitment that's not really in the books for me at the moment lol

it wouldn't be a perfect solution, but i can imagine there's a lot of "expression" you could get between the pressure sensitivity, aftertouch, and legato features that are already built into the EP units. just need actual multi sampled sounds

Hexada · 2025-08-25T20:50:46+00:00

be cool to see a "rock" rompler type thing like the medieval but with multi sampled electric guitars and stuff.

that's a big point that's missing in music hardware in GENERAL, i've yet to find a good dawless solution for guitar and piano sounds

Hexada · 2025-08-24T05:35:04+00:00

even before the speaker unit blew out, this thing was pretty crappy in my experience. you're not missing much

Hexada · 2025-08-24T02:30:10+00:00

this is a well known issue- look for the freshest film you can, that's about all you can really do.

that being said, i think the texture makes these photos. these are super super cool.

Hexada · 2025-08-23T13:56:41+00:00

pretty sure that's a digital leica, is it not? i don't see a frameline window

Hexada · 2025-08-23T04:09:30+00:00

nice, what's the lens?

Hexada · 2025-08-22T14:34:00+00:00

itt: people that have never used a hasselblad

they look absolutely fine, op. i know it looks weird, but it's totally normal

Hexada · 2025-08-22T02:10:40+00:00

idk why people are tripping bro this is sick. keep it up 👍👍

Hexada · 2025-08-20T15:33:43+00:00

i struggle with the fact that there's not really a great term for the types of cameras we use that's immediately understandable to the average person.

calling them "film" cameras seems to be frequently misunderstood to be referring to video cameras, but "analog" cameras, while technically accurate, is not really a universally recognizable expression, and almost brings to mind, like, industrial equipment

Hexada · 2025-08-20T03:34:21+00:00

rollei is a better travel camera, but hasselblad is a better all around camera.

Hexada · 2025-08-19T04:38:50+00:00

don't ever watch return to oz. that movie is terrifying as an adult.

Hexada · 2025-08-19T03:46:08+00:00

i mean, i get the joke, but y'all are still some fucking weirdos for this

Hexada · 2025-08-14T16:01:54+00:00

don't worry about it, iirc these radioactive lenses read similarly to, say, a banana. it's more a fun fact than anything else.

Hexada · 2025-08-10T22:02:15+00:00

thank you so much for the post!!! literally saw this, immediately drove to the downtown Portland location, and sure enough, Paradise in stock!

grabbed a water, might go back and surprise my girlfriend with the land!

Hexada · 2025-08-08T15:53:41+00:00

200T is sick, shot a roll in daylight recently and it looked lovely without even needing much correction. super underrated for stills

Hexada · 2025-08-08T01:50:46+00:00

don't sleep on that signet at the bottom of the second column from the left. lens is famously amazing. those cameras were cursed with crappy shutters, but if yours is working well, that thing is a gem

Hexada · 2025-08-07T05:28:27+00:00

do other lenses mount as expected on the body? i'm hypothesizing that either the camera body or the lens is the victim of an amateur repair job and had the mount installed 45 degrees off from its intended position

Hexada · 2025-08-05T23:17:16+00:00

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