atkelar | Altix Shutter Repair @atkelar | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Repair #7 - Altix Shutter

This time around, I have a sad camera... When I first got it, it was sold as a decorative item pretty much, because the shutter was stuck solid. I disassembled it (way before I made videos about such things) and found one of the shutter blades to be completely bent. I flattened it and the thing came back to life! Awesome! When I manage to guess the correct focal distance, it does make some really awesome pictures! But, alas, it wasn't meant to last: during my 2022 vacation it started to behave odd...

0:00 Intro / Disassembly
2:25 The 2022 Problem...
3:30 A Fresh Drop of Oil
4:28 Shutter Assembly, Take 1, 2, 3 and 4...
5:42 Final Steps
6:30 The 2023 Vacation and Problem
7:50 Problem Detail and Production Process
9:25 bCNC Process and Prototype
11:08 First Iteration / New Material / Whoopsie!
12:55 Assembly w. Proper Blade / Test
14:40 Loading Film
15:23 Developing
16:23 Sample Pictures / Overview / Summary / Outtake


Music:
My Train's A Comin'
Unicorn Heads
(YouTube Audio Library)

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