Warning: I used to jam earbuds in my ears to check film advance, then an old tech showed me the shutter sound test

Sam Flores · 2026-10-01T23:15:08.618041+00:00

Cost me a $180 CL A repair in Houston two weeks ago because the earbud trick masked a dragging curtain, and now I just fire the shutter at 1/1000 and listen for the snap, has anyone else ditched the stethoscope method?

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