Isn't she lovely?I signed up yesterday at the Classic Camera Repair forum to see, originally, about fixing the jammed lens cover to my beloved Lomo LC-A so as to head over to local Nunhead Cemetery to take some gothicy snaps. (for those of you who haven’t heard of these cameras, it’s an intrnal cover that works with a lever). Once that was fixed, however, I discovered I needed to fix the film winder which somehow jammed in the process. This forum had answrs to both. Still there are some amazing home remedies for Lomo cameras out there on the InterWeb. These ones I liked best:

Repairing a stuck shutter: Drop camera (backside down) onto a carpeted surface from a height of roughly three feet. I assume one would repeat until problem is either resolved or exacerbated. (1 + various others)

End part of a disclaimer note before repair advice: “I’m not sure if what I did actually fixed the problem or not. All I know is that it didn’t work, and then it did. I’d like to think that I had something to do with that.” (2)

Broken exposure counter: “If one is stuck then the counter wont work properly. Probably the advancing pawl, otherwise it would probably jam the winder. Again, this is all from memory. Here’s an unrelated page that illustrates the principle: automata.co.uk/ratchets.htm.” (3)

From the official Lomo LC-A manual’s repair section: “Never disassemble the camera.” (4)

Disassembling the LC-A: “At the left front side there is a covered screw just below the second ‘O’ of the word LOMO. You have to peel back the plastic deco to reach it.” (5)

Sticky shutter: “Open the back of the camera and give it a good hot blast for a few minutes with a hairdryer.” (6)

Finally, here’s a sad Lomo obit.

I shutter at the thought of it.

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