This is a detailed description of the mirror mechanism of the Praktica 2 camera to answer a viewer question on my YouTube channel;


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This is going to be a longer posting... the short version is: While filming "Dog's Life - Episode 2" on last Tuesday, the crew surprised me with a "DIY Camera Kit" as a birthday present! Awesome! Thank you again, Lurinare, Yamavu, Karpour and Henrieke (who wasn't there but Karpour relayed her congratulations)

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Sad, sad news from the camera repairs ( Read more... )

Today I opened the gearbox of the camera yet again to find one of the switching gears stuck in an awkward position. It blocked the main drive gear from reaching the gear that serves the film transport roll. Move gear, screw together again... insert film... cross fingers... close back... *zzzz-click* [1] - YAY! It makes pictures again ( Read more... )

Or: "I never thought it possible to combine electronics and origami, but Canon found a way!"

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