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Warning: My uncle told me to never touch a stuck shutter with metal tools
He said to use a piece of stiff plastic from a binder instead... I ignored him on an old Pentax K1000 last week and put a tiny scratch on the curtain. It's just cosmetic, but I felt like an idiot. What's your go-to soft tool for that kind of delicate prying?
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jade51727d ago
Forget the coffee stirrer, @emma_flores, you're a genius.
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charlescraig28d ago
My old Nikon FE2 taught me that same lesson the hard way. I keep a guitar pick in my camera bag now, the thin kind for electric guitars. It’s stiff enough to get some leverage but the rounded tip won’t dig in like metal. A cut up old credit card works in a pinch too. That sick feeling when you see a new scratch on a clean curtain is the worst.
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allen.kai27d ago
That sick feeling charlescraig mentioned is so real, it's like a punch in the gut. I learned on an old Canon AE-1 and used a butter knife once like an idiot, left a tiny dent I still see every time I load film. A guitar pick is a solid move, way smarter than metal. You ever try one of those black film pick tools they sell now, or is the DIY pick just as good?
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emma_flores27d ago
Ever try a plastic coffee stirrer? The flat ones from gas stations are weirdly perfect. They're thin enough to slide under the film leader but too soft to leave a mark. I used one on a stuck roll in my Pentax K1000 last summer. It felt like cheating, but the film came out clean and the camera was fine.
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