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A client brought me a Hasselblad 500C with a stuck shutter and a wild story
This was in my shop in Austin about two months ago. The guy said he found it in an old footlocker at a garage sale, paid maybe fifty bucks for it. He told me, 'I know it's broken, but I just had a feeling it was worth fixing.' When I opened it up, the shutter blades were gummed up with what looked like old honey. Took me a full afternoon to clean each blade with pure alcohol and a tiny brush. Has anyone else had a repair where the cause was just bizarre, sticky junk like that?
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walker.max1mo ago
Wait, you really think someone would deliberately gum up a Hasselblad with honey as a prank? I mean, that's a five thousand dollar camera we're talking about, not a toy. People don't usually pull pranks on gear that costs more than their car. To me, that old sticky junk sounds more like decades of storage in a hot attic or a barn, not someone's idea of a joke. I've seen cameras come in with all sorts of weird residue from old leather cases breaking down or just plain neglect. The honey-like stuff is probably just a sign that camera sat untouched for way too long somewhere damp and warm.
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finleyw991mo ago
Honey in a Hasselblad, that's a new one! Honestly, the weirdest gunk I ever found was inside an old Polaroid. Pretty sure it was melted lipstick, which is a whole story I don't even want to know. Made the rollers a sticky pink mess for a week. At least honey smells better than whatever that was!
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