A customer swore his old Nikon's shutter was fixed by leaving it in a freezer overnight

He brought in an F3 with a sticky curtain and said he'd already tried the 'freezer trick' he read online. I was sure it was nonsense, but after checking the usual fixes, I gave it a shot in my own freezer for about 12 hours. To my shock, the shutter started firing smoothly at all speeds the next morning. I guess the cold shrank some gunk just enough. Has anyone else had a weird home remedy actually work on a camera?

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sandrat2421d agoMost Upvoted

Freezer repair sounds like a total myth until it works. My old Minolta had a squeaky film advance that went away after a hot car ride. Sometimes these old cameras just need a weird nudge. You ever try the rice trick for a wet phone and it actually does something?

king.andrew21d ago

Forget the freezer, that rice trick is a total scam that never works.

owens.ben14d ago

Rice is for drying phones, not fixing freezers.