A retired tech in Denver told me to quit pulling focus units apart for a living, and it stung because the man was dead on

Miles Park · 2026-10-12T21:00:04.149247+00:00

For 4 years I was the guy who broke every heliar lens down to the last element just to chase one bit of dust, and I charged $85 flat for it because that is what the shop down the street did. Last spring a retired tech in Denver watched me do it and just said, 'you're making work, not fixing cameras,' and pointed out that half of what I was cleaning sat behind the rear group where it never shows up in a print. Now I test shoot before I touch anything, and I want to know how the rest of you decide when a speck actually needs surgery.

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