jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Interesting. I like the idea of the magnetic board to hold screws.

http://photorumors.com/2015/11/07/ifixit-tears-down-a-samsung-nx500-camera/

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I consider myself as handy with tools, but I would never, never disassemble a camera. The instant you open the body in goes all kinds of stuff - mostly stuff you skin is shedding 24/7. And once you get inside and find the offending part exactly where do you get the replacement part. Lock up your tools, Hoggers.

wireman8 Loc: Toledo, Ohio

Easy, take it to your local camera store.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Better yet, buy a new one. :D

Marionsho Loc: Kansas

I used to go to a camera store in KC and the owner would have a camera torn apart and spread all over the counter. All I could think of was, better you than me. :-D

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Right. ifixit.com has good info about doing repairs.

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

I am thinking it would be interesting to buy some cheap, not working dslr off of eBay and giving it a try. That way you would be more understanding of just what goes into one, your really wouldn't be trashing anything you already own and hell, you might actually fix the broken one! ;-) Cheers.

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Disassembly is the easy part. Any idiot can do that, now comes the fun part, back together. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Better yet buy one at a garage sale and give it a try. Did some binoculars once. Key word is once. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

I used to repair cameras way back in the fifties. I used to do mainly the Zeiss camera line plus Leicas and other cameras. Usually all that was wrong with them was the grease and oil would harden inside and we would have to flush out the old and put in the new oils and greases. We didn't have the lubricating technology that we have today. Did you know that Leica and Contax camera shutters were linked by a special cloth ribbon, and whenever they wore out or broke, we would have to sew new ones in. Lots of customers would get their cameras real hot, and the oils from the shutter would migrate to the shutter blades and diaphragm. Then we would have to take them all apart and clean the oils from the blades, and then put them back together again. Then there was this one guy who would keep dropping his Contax camera into the live bait tank on his boat. That was when I had to take the camera apart to the last screw, and then try to salvage the corroded aluminum and magnesium frame so that I could get the camera to work again. After the third time, I told him to throw the camera away.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

Did you know that some screws are hidden by the leather covering. If you don't know, how are you going to get it apart?

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

I go to a lot of auctions and bought an Olympus 35 RD rangefinder camera. It is in real good shape other than the problem you just described. I think some of the oil migrated to the aperture blades so it wasn't working smoothly. I took it to Mike's Camera in Boulder and they still have it. They are going to clean it, check it out and replace the light leak foam. All that for about $90.00. Not bad I think. Cheers.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

My Leica IIIf finally had the shutter fail. I took it to Tempe Camera, rebuilt to factory specs, works like it was brand new. The shutter had to, practically, be made by hand. That's one of the reasons I love that place.
--Bob

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If you do, get yourself a set of JIS screwdrivers. They're Japanese spec and look like Philips, but are slightly different.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=jis+screwdrivers

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

Interesting Jerry, thanks! Cheers.