It's very rare for me to find someone else who has no issues with tearing into their goodies. There is nothing that I won't attempt to conquer, from microminiature electronics to cameras, watches, etc. It has served me well over the years, as people show up at work with the most oddball of items, and the fact that no one wants to even try makes the challenge even better.
The best I have heard repeatedly is that people see me with my big awkward looking paws hunched over some tiny victim should not be able to do such fine work.
The last camera I had apart was my old Olympus C2000 which got dropped on it's (extended) lens, knocking loose two tiny guides. The entire lens mechanism had to come apart, the pieces located and cemented back in place and the whole ordeal reassembled. In a cylinder about 1.2x1.8 inches was three motors, two solenoids, a double planetary gear reduction set the tiniest I have ever worked on, plus a number of sensors, not including the CCD assembly. I got it all back together, timed and working like new. Amazing what is inside those cameras.
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Date: 2005-11-22 02:34 am (UTC)The best I have heard repeatedly is that people see me with my big awkward looking paws hunched over some tiny victim should not be able to do such fine work.
The last camera I had apart was my old Olympus C2000 which got dropped on it's (extended) lens, knocking loose two tiny guides. The entire lens mechanism had to come apart, the pieces located and cemented back in place and the whole ordeal reassembled. In a cylinder about 1.2x1.8 inches was three motors, two solenoids, a double planetary gear reduction set the tiniest I have ever worked on, plus a number of sensors, not including the CCD assembly. I got it all back together, timed and working like new. Amazing what is inside those cameras.