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[David Hughes]

Thanks. I will follow your advice. As far as replacing my Fed 3 with another one well, I grew up in a former FSU state. I do not come from the throw-away culture and we didn't throw away such instruments easily. Mostly because of scarcity. We would work them to death, passing it from generation to generation until it's useless. And even then we would salvage the parts to use for something else. In this case, it would be a shame to throw away the camera and get a new one just because of a small problem.

Hi,

That's a very, very interesting comment. Does that mean there were no repair shops of what?

Regards, David

PS I'm Welsh and don't throw things away; I guess some of us are born like it or else it was the war; or so my mother said...

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

As far as replacing my Fed 3 with another one well, I grew up in a former FSU state. I do not come from the throw-away culture and we didn't throw away such instruments easily. Mostly because of scarcity. We would work them to death, passing it from generation to generation until it's useless. And even then we would salvage the parts to use for something else. In this case, it would be a shame to throw away the camera and get a new one just because of a small problem.

Hmm....I think you might have misread my comments: in case you wouldn't be able to repair the curtains yourself I suggested to buy another one. I didn't say what to do with your current Fed3 - and for sure I didn't want to suggest you should throw it away. A lot of members here know I do a lot of repairs on camera's and I would never throw away cameras or parts!

 

[armphoto]

Hmm....I think you might have misread my comments: in case you wouldn't be able to repair the curtains yourself I suggested to buy another one. I didn't say what to do with your current Fed3 - and for sure I didn't want to suggest you should throw it away. A lot of members here know I do a lot of repairs on camera's and I would never throw away cameras or parts!

Hi,

Thanks for clarifying further and I'm sorry I misunderstood.