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Switched to a JIS screwdriver for Japanese cameras and it made a huge difference
I spent like 2 years stripping screws on old Nikons and Pentaxes using standard philips bits. A guy at a camera swap in Portland last month handed me his JIS driver and told me to try it. No joke the screws came out smooth with zero cam out. Has anyone else made this switch or do you guys just stick with philips?
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emeryj661mo ago
oh man i totally had the same experience. i read somewhere that JIS was actually the standard for all japanese electronics and cameras way before philips even got super widespread. once i actually paid attention to the cross pattern and realized philips is supposed to cam out on purpose i felt like an idiot. i was using a standard #2 philips on a Pentax 6x7 and it just chewed up the screw head until i switched. night and day difference, no joke.
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foster.jordan1mo agoProlific Poster
That Pentax 6x7 is a beast of a camera but those screws are tiny little bastards. I stripped out a screw on an old Canonet once using a standard #2 and wanted to throw the whole thing across the garage. First time I touched a real JIS driver I couldn't believe how much better it fit. Its like Philips was designed by someone who hates you and wants you to fail. You ever accidentally cam out a screw on a $500 lens and just sit there staring at the ceiling for five minutes? Nothing makes you feel more like a caveman banging rocks together than that.
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