woe is me...

[back alley]

so, i'm all excited about my new 40/1.4 lens and i've been playing with it, on the cl, all night.
no film in the cl and time for bed, i figure i'll put film in the camera and hope it stops raining tomorrow long enough for a shot or 2.

after loading the camera and picking it up off the table, i notice what seems like a big honkin' screw on the table. no holes on the outside of the cl so i figure i'll hope for the best and check the inside of the camera when i take the film out.

then i dropped the screw...
:bang: :bang: :bang:

joe

 

[rpinchbeck]

Ah, didn't need that screw anyway... 😀

 

[reagan]

Screw, schmew. Whadda ya want? A camera with ALL the parts intact? shhheez. . . once I get a Zorki to 90% complete, I load it and head for the streets.

 

[rover]

Anyone have a huge magnet to trade to Joe for a 40 Summicron?

 

[markinlondon]

Have you never heard of the "small screw phenomenon", Joe? When reassembling any piece of kit you will have one or two small screws left over. You will then dismantle the item looking for the holes. You will find no holes and you will also now have more small screws. If you continue this process you will have many screws and be ready to be fitted for a long-sleeved jacket with rear fastenings. I used to reckon on having about five or six screws left over every time I reassembled a Toshiba laptop and they all worked perfectly.

😀

Mark

 

[Kim Coxon]

How's about a big aircan? He can then see is anything else is loose and blow everything into a corner so he knows where to look. 😀

Kim

Anyone have a huge magnet to trade to Joe for a 40 Summicron?

 

[SteveM_NJ]

Try searching for dropped miniature items that may not be magnetic,
slip an old ladies stocking over the hose end of a vacuum, go over the suspected area, it will be sucked up and still trapped in the "netting".

good luck,

 

[taffer]

You have a powerful flashlight ? Put it on the floor, light beam horizontal to it, move it circularly so that light reveals any imperfections or objects along its path.

Be also prepared to discover that you'll need to vacuum later 😱

Seriously, that works as a wonderful 'surface radar', on non-carpeted floors, of course...

Oscar

 

[Way]

Call it "The Fondler's Curse".

Hope you find your screw!

 

[oftheherd]

Try searching for dropped miniature items that may not be magnetic,
slip an old ladies stocking over the hose end of a vacuum, go over the suspected area, it will be sucked up and still trapped in the "netting".

good luck,

That's a good idea. Will a young ladies stocking do as well? 😀

Joe - I feel your pain. Of course, when working on cars, I just always tell people I am so good I can save on parts as I always have some left over. 😱

 

[Trius]

Walk away from the lens. You want next there should be aperture blades all over the place? Trade everything for pinhole cameras...

 

[MinorTones]

Joe's got a screw loose? Whoda thunk.

Now where did those marbles go...

I hope you find your screw joe, not much to add here but good luck you'll find it soon enough.

-Mitch

 

[back alley]

i slept in, i feel grumpy but you guys have me laughing out loud!
thanks for the chuckle.

joe

 

[VictorM.]

i slept in, i feel grumpy but you guys have me laughing out loud!
thanks for the chuckle.

joe

So did ya find the screw? Or the hole it fell out of?

 

[back alley]

found the screw.
judging from just the head, it looks like others that are in the hood of the 40/1.4 but i can't find a hole!!

it's a mystery...

 

[back alley]

i found the hole!!

the mystery is over.

it was under the film advance lever and unless you look for it when the film is being advanced you would never see it.

i can sleep in peace once again!
joe

 

[rool]

Oh my god! I haven't been sleeping either since the beginning of this thread. Thanks for keeping us informed Joe!

 

[back alley]

i sense a touch of sarcasm...

 

[rool]

Just kidding... I know exactly how you felt with this screw, scratching your head trying to find where the hell it could go!!

 

[Socke]

So this is what the "taming of the screw" is about