Thrills and Chills

My heart nearly stopped when I came in from the backyard yesterday to see this on the kitchen table --

David had decided that since the US$125 camera repair bill was only a few dollars less than a new camera would cost, he would just see if he could fix it himself.

So he found a few websites -- one in Russian, but apparently it was still helpful -- and started in.  Perhaps a closer view will convey some of the full horror --

The two sheets of white paper hold the various screws with notations as to their placement.  He was fairly methodical about it, although got a bit enthusiastic the further in he went and stopped writing everything down, but when it was down to the bare bones -- circuit boards flapping pitifully -- he said, "A-ha!" and the lens retracted smoothly once again.  He did get it all back together and then found the lens gasket left behind on the table, so he had to disassemble it again and redo it with the gasket -- but in fact he finished before dinner time.

"You could blog this," he said modestly.

Does it work?  Well --

 

Comments

[Christina]

You've got one kick-ass husband!

[Marie]

Wow! I am impressed! Can I borrow him?
Can you share what the teal knitting is? The cable/patterned sections looks very cool and the color is wonderful!

[Beth]

Kudos to David - don't you just love having a handy husband?!

[Elizabeth]

Scary and then wonderful. I'm loving the colour of the new knitting.
Great start for Laura knitting!
My daughter has started and stopped knitting a few times ( she's now 11) but she gets more and more focused with each go round. I think she would like to do more but you know how busy kids are!

[Laura]

Your David sounds a lot like mine, and like my father as well. Always taking things apart to fix them, then sometimes having something left over. LOL

Glad he got it back together again. It's certainly taking nice pictures! :-)

[suse]

I am very impressed. Especially at how you took a photo when the camera was dismantled on the table. Magic!