I'm really impressed by your knowledge, skill and tenacity! I could probably disassemble this but then the camera would be lying on my table forever until I throw it out because there is no way I am putting it back together...Kudos!
Today i passed by an antique store and found a beaten up cheap canon professional film camera for cheap. After watching your video im very happy that i didn't brought it home.
I'm kind of torn because I have other projects that I want to make videos about but people seem to really enjoy the analog camera stuff. Been trying to think of a way to tie everything together. In any case I don't think I'll be abandoning the cameras. Thanks for watching.
Patrick, you are completely madman for trying this. I can't even imagine someone can have the patience to try this out. The final results actually look sick tho.
Please never stop making these videos man, it’s all the buzz around cameras and photography enthusiasts and not to mention the neat comedic touch. Plus I’ve gotten into modding cameras and I’ve yet to do my first one which will hopefully be a canon new f 1 with a nice lime green leather replacement. Could you maybe do a video on the canon F1? Your awesome man keep it up
Dry sense of humour combined with a "Can do" attitude... is great, and makes your video fun...well, I owned 2 of these work horse cameras way back in 1989... even had the motor advance for the film... so sweet. I moved on the Nikon F5.... and eventually to digital... I do think a white camera body would be pretty awesome if it came factory direct.
Well Patrick I’m 73 and live in New Forest U.K. my first proper SLR was a Minolta X700 and today I was working on a, you guessed it Minolta X700 and it went terribly wrong. I collect cameras and have several of these, but the one that I was working on was a recent purchase and it was missing a few parts, but really apart from that, oh and it won’t wind on, or fire! But we know don’t we, these little secrets that you used in this video, the latter one, connecting the two yellow wires together, was one that I wanted to try as I to watched the guy on RUclips who knew what he was talking about as he shows you in the video and proved the point, no it wasn’t a trick, but you were right about the flex board, 🤬😩😳😢 I came to solder the wires as one had come adrift 🛶🏝️anyway, so having taken the bottom off, I thought great 30 min job and I’ll be 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂err well, the first thing I noticed was a black wire as well? 😏so I thought, no problem I’ll get one my other Xs and look at wiring, 🤦♂️ could I find out where it was supposed to go😱well off came the opinner bottom plate, with the six screws of different lengths and metal, of pops the spring from under eat and what do you know, ok you do know! But it travels down along the back of camera, disappears round under and reappears but tracing black on black is a pain, it runs parallel with the yellow wire and connects next to the shutter mechanism next to the yellow wire but where does it connect? So off with the inner bottom plate on the second camera, spring etc etc, I find it connects under that flex board 🤔😳🤦♂️ok David it’s fine, your fine, at this point I get a message from a women who has been in touch before about a storage heater I’m selling and it’s obvious she is either Chinese or of a nationality that uses things like, ok I buy you be there, I send tomorrow man with van! 😳so I reply, have you told them that they need to send two men as it’s heavy and etc etc, regards David, well I won’t bore you with the details but this went back and forth for two hours with 30 mins or 15 mins then asked me something else, all understandable as she said they would have an envelope with the money in! Then I started to suspect, please you go on this site and send me screen shot, check email, there is a site man with a van, I’m trying to sort camera and thinking, I don’t need this, I read the advert and note it talks of best Dollar for the work? 🤔🫢😵💫🥴 so I mention this and ask where are you located, never mind you be there tomorrow 1pm so I do my old man confused act! I’m sorry but I’m not here tomorrow, where you live, why so I know where to come tomorrow, no I’m not here where are you! Penny drops, I say your talking out your arse aren’t you, this is a scam 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🧐🤬🤬🤬🤬then I get a reply back police will come tomorrow 1pm I reply well they will be able to assist in getting the heater in van, no they come tomorrow to arrest you, Fxxk Off! So when you started talking about taking yours apart and, well you had me in stitches, the wires you are right do just keep popping off or even worse getting shorter and shorter as you try to attach I was putting extension pieces in and it just went from bad to worse! I was re routing the yellow one and well you took me back, made me laugh and the hours, weeks, months, years, decades, lifetime you spent on the project, is a true credit to you, think of it as a photo type 🤣😂🤣😂🤣Prototype! I think you would be better going on eBay and buying off cuts of leather where they tell you the gage and it’s cheap, but all in all you learned a lot, you have a unique camera and a full video of how to take apart and put back a Minolta X700 and I bet you could flog that, you have copy right on it and I for one would pay to have that as a reference. Sorry, I can’t hear you, what happened to the camera, it’s sat on the table in a worse state than when I started, but hey it’s past another day. I’ve subscribed and look forward to the next laugh/ learning session.. Regards David
Many plastic parts back then were coated in a vacuum, with a metallic paint. Some the paint was sprayed in the molds, the plastic was injected, the heat cooked off the paint, and made a permanent bond. The metal body look on many canon's were also plated.
Very interesting, I appreciate the insight. This is the mystery from this project that I had still been wondering about. Thank you for watching and sharing your knowledge.
I'm not (yet) into repairing vintage cameras but I really appreciate and admire the amount of pain you're willing to go through and the persistence you have to make this work.
Oh, look!: my favourite activity - f*king with cameras; my favourite genre - a relentless repair; my favourite style - ruthless irony. What not to like? Subscribed!
Amazing! Camera of the year 1982, still have my two X700's and lenses and both still work. My first 35mm cameras. Through-the-lens (TTL) flash metering, exposure lock, interchangeable focusing screens, program and aperture-preferred automation modes. Out in 1981 and continued production till 2001. Thank you, enjoyed this.
Subscribed. The thumbnail got me intrigued. I half expected this to be one of those "satisfying restoration" videos without narration. Turns out this was a very entertaining video. Your knowledge is impressive!
Хотя временами это разочаровывало, до сих пор я веселился с этим. Есть несколько других проектов без камеры, которые я хотел бы сделать, но отзывы о камерах были очень хорошими, поэтому я думаю, что продолжу их делать вместе со всем, чем я занимаюсь. Рад, что вам понравилось, и спасибо за просмотр. Hopefully that translated correctly.
@@patricknicholsdesigneven used a translator. I'm extremely pleased! Yes, definitely, your work with camera customization is a masterpiece. Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy these videos🤩
WOW ... I'm impressed ... that is awesome work, especially the micro soldering ... I once was a camera tech and had the eyes to do micro soldering, I guess I still can, just takes twice as long now .. I am 70+ but still enjoy the repair process ... thank you for this awesome and inspiring video ... and yes, I subscribed and shared ... 👍👍
Just thought I’d let you and everyone else know that my profile picture and my account banner picture was taken with my X700! This was my grandpas old camera and I know he’s up in heaven smiling knowing his old family camera is being put to good use again by me :)
I happily took out my minolta X-300 in order to start to work on it and fix it and maybe to paint it. After 5 minutes into the video, it went back into the drawer and continued watching thinking wtf was I thinking lmao Amazing job with the whole camera/video. Very entertaining.
Tip on the airbrushing, back up your airbrush and move a single direction in even strokes. Then change the orientation of the object. By the time you hit the piece from every angle you'll have a decent amount of coats built up. You were having issues with paint thickness because of the motion you are using at 22:15.
At about 3 and a half minutes in I soon realized why I am always getting told the the cost of repair can end up being the same as just buying the camera I’m working condition. Kudos to you for diving into this and giving us a peak.
Great video and awesome Stormtrooper Minolta convert. I have 2 of these babies and I could never try what you have achieved. Well done, I loved the video.
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Dude, you don’t get to be so knowledgeable and funny at the same time. Amazing content!
This is an insane amount of work, props to sticking it out! My first camera was an x700. it died so I bought another one. Then that one died so I bought another one. Needless to say, I switched to an XE7
Can't give up the Minolta glass. I've heard great things about the XE and XD cameras, but haven't ever shot one. For a while I was deal hunting for an XK but eventually gave up on that. Thanks for watching.
XD7 was my first camera and its been around the world with previous owners several times and still going strong. My best friend loved it so much he picked up an XD5 but it misses the little aperture window drives him nuts! Loved this tear down and paint up! both ours need some repairs but you have saved me the pain of doing it... never knee they were SO COMPLEX i will pay someone but it wont be as comedic as your videos!
This is incredible work. I’m astounded by the intricacy and complexity of these old film cameras; your will to push through the problems and finish the job is admirable.
That's a lot of work! And I'm not talking about the camera job, but also the video shooting and production. It's a really useful lesson for all of us. Thank you!
Awesome to watch! Been a Minolta guy for 40 years. It's sad to me that so few people can actually work on vintage cameras anymore. A dying art/science. Even experienced techs won't touch my Minolta XE for fear of breaking something that's irreplaceable, meaning no spare parts can be found anymore. The guts of this x700 was far more complex I think.
this was one of the most amusing videos ive watched as of late, when the parts dissolved i dieeeed. props to you for committing to this, i took apart my canon g1x, managed to break it and have vowed to never open another camera again. the x700 is one of my favourite cameras but god i wish i could shoot it without crying as i pay £45 for dev and a scan
nice work on the video, comedic timing was spot on. Had me laughing my a** off every now and then. Had a fun time seeing the nitty gritty and disection of the SLR, keep it up
Love your videos, the commentary is a jam, but the fact that you show a real picture about a project like this makes it even more awesome, and I think we can learn a lot from your experiences. Can't wait for the next video!!
I thought I was patient fixing old, purely mechanical cameras, but you reached new levels on this repair/rebuild/service/overhaul - really enjoyed the video, and couldn't help laughing at the many attempts to remove the old paint/powder coat or whatever it was, there seemed to be a certain inevitability that it would end in dissolved plastic parts, which wasn't really that much of an issue as you had spares anyway. Great video.
Not long ago you could bring this camera to a repair store, and it would have been fixed for not too many dollars. Now it’s very, very expensive, good job. What a lot of work. Better capacitors are those ceramic capacitors.
currently in the final steps of repainting a K1000 i received as a gift. going for red/white accents and this is giving me the confidence i need to pull through. loving the videos man, great result
This is terrifying. I like overhauling a lot of different things and have gotten interested in film cameras. I DON'T think I could deal with the delicacy. As much respect as you wanna take my man.
Love this video, your curiosity and the ability to have fun through mishaps is admirable. Looking forward to more educated and entertaining videos from you.
Hello Patrick! I landed on your video while looking if it was worth opening up a recently acquired X700 to clean the viewfinder..... and damn I loved it! Subscribed on the spot! Never anybody has said so many truths about camera repairs on a video. Have come back a couple of times already and you made chuckle again. Excellent work!
When you fully submerged the plastic parts in lacker thinner, I immediately covered my mouth with my hand in shock! haha this video is so stressful, but damn you really are persistent. Great work :)
Love old film cameras. While surfing attempting to find how to fix my XG-7 I came across your video. As would be expected its film advance lever is frozen. The camera was used for many years and performed as expected. Then it began having an attitude, sometimes the film advance would not turn other times it would. Finally I gave up the ghost, put it on the shelf. After about two years I gave it another go, wow it worked. Walked about the house performing shutter actuation happy as I could be. Then, sadly it again copped an attitude, lever will not advance. Cleaned the battery holder in the camera, and the actual screw in battery holder, still cannot get it to work. Because the bottom of the battery holder looked corroded and the paint or metal was off I put a sliver of aluminum foil in that screw in holder hoping it would be good for connectivity. The BC switch will not light the BC light, my guess is it has a errant bottom capacitor. Did the ebay thingy, purchased a XG-M. Edit 2024-03-01: the XG-M arrived, used its battery holder, BAM, the XG-7 now works. The entire issue was the XG-7 battery holder corroded, causing the bottom conductivity paint or some such to be removed.
AWESOME VIDEO. VERY FUNNY. THIS IS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER AND THE VOICE AND CHARACTER FIT PERFECTLY. THIS IS REFRESHINGLY DIFFERENT FROM VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER CHANNELS LIKE IT. LIKE HOW ITS MADE CROSSED WITH SOUTH PARK. I LOVE IT. SHARE THIS CHANNEL FAR AND WIDE GUYS PLEASE. THIS GUY DESERVES IT. VERY ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL. THIS GUY COULD ACTUALLY TEACH IN LA. YES I KNOW... INCREDIBLE. ALL THE BEST DUDE
I really appreciate it man. I've been watching your videos since the one about your last roll of Fuji Pro 400H, and I immediately binged your entire backlog. I really admire both your photography and video work. Very happy to see you posting again in good health. Thank you for watching!
Nice paintjob!!! And a big respect to the disassembling. I worked on my Minolta XE to change the focusing screen. It was peanut in contrast to your work on the x-700. Well done mate.
I’m just starting this thing, and I have to say, you are very good at concealing your method of recording where all the little doodads are coming from, and how you are retaining and organizing them. Wait, I’m dizzy…. I just need a moment to recover…. I’m having flashbacks of the two SRTs I destroyed trying to fix their meters. Amazing-so far.
The cover of my bit driver set doubles as a parts tray. I also use a magnetic tray that you can get at harbor freight for a couple bucks. I simply keep them out of frame so that they're out of harms way. Picking up tiny screws off the floor of my basement isn't my favorite pastime so I try to avoid that. Thanks for watching.
clicked for the camera, subscribed for the comedy.
Same
Thank you for watching.
@@patricknicholsdesign gosh... What do you charge lol!!!
Found myself chuckling all the way. Take my sub 🤡 keep up the great content!
Same here!
I’m totally amazed at the amount of design work that must have gone into such cameras plus how they must have been built in the factory.
Yeah I would have loved to see how they were assembled at the factory. I wonder if any footage exists. Thanks for watching.
... how they must have been built [by 11 year olds]...
I'm really impressed by your knowledge, skill and tenacity! I could probably disassemble this but then the camera would be lying on my table forever until I throw it out because there is no way I am putting it back together...Kudos!
I definitely still have a few projects sitting in a box in pieces, just need to find the time to put them back together again...Thanks for watching.
My takeaway lesson was that I will never try to take apart one of these :) Amazing work and great video, thank you.
With a little bit of practice it's not so bad. Thanks for watching.
I have 2 X700s and one of them needs a repair. Not going to do it myself.
Wasn’t the video I wanted, but the video I needed. Nice work !!
Came here for clues to a stuck MD coupler, and stayed for the craftsmanship.
Today i passed by an antique store and found a beaten up cheap canon professional film camera for cheap. After watching your video im very happy that i didn't brought it home.
That's insane! The workings of that bad boy are way more complicated than I would have imagined. Good job
This video is insane! Your channel is a breath of fresh air from the typical film photography content on youtube. Excited to see where you take this!
I'm kind of torn because I have other projects that I want to make videos about but people seem to really enjoy the analog camera stuff. Been trying to think of a way to tie everything together. In any case I don't think I'll be abandoning the cameras. Thanks for watching.
@@patricknicholsdesign YES, old camera stuff 💪🏼 Subscribed.
Patrick, you are completely madman for trying this. I can't even imagine someone can have the patience to try this out. The final results actually look sick tho.
I'm glad you liked it, thank you for watching.
I'm flattered you're actually explaining things as if I'll ever attempt anything like this
Please never stop making these videos man, it’s all the buzz around cameras and photography enthusiasts and not to mention the neat comedic touch. Plus I’ve gotten into modding cameras and I’ve yet to do my first one which will hopefully be a canon new f 1 with a nice lime green leather replacement. Could you maybe do a video on the canon F1? Your awesome man keep it up
Dry sense of humour combined with a "Can do" attitude... is great, and makes your video fun...well, I owned 2 of these work horse cameras way back in 1989... even had the motor advance for the film... so sweet. I moved on the Nikon F5.... and eventually to digital... I do think a white camera body would be pretty awesome if it came factory direct.
Well Patrick I’m 73 and live in New Forest U.K. my first proper SLR was a Minolta X700 and today I was working on a, you guessed it Minolta X700 and it went terribly wrong.
I collect cameras and have several of these, but the one that I was working on was a recent purchase and it was missing a few parts, but really apart from that, oh and it won’t wind on, or fire! But we know don’t we, these little secrets that you used in this video, the latter one, connecting the two yellow wires together, was one that I wanted to try as I to watched the guy on RUclips who knew what he was talking about as he shows you in the video and proved the point, no it wasn’t a trick, but you were right about the flex board, 🤬😩😳😢 I came to solder the wires as one had come adrift 🛶🏝️anyway, so having taken the bottom off, I thought great 30 min job and I’ll be 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂err well, the first thing I noticed was a black wire as well? 😏so I thought, no problem I’ll get one my other Xs and look at wiring, 🤦♂️ could I find out where it was supposed to go😱well off came the opinner bottom plate, with the six screws of different lengths and metal, of pops the spring from under eat and what do you know, ok you do know! But it travels down along the back of camera, disappears round under and reappears but tracing black on black is a pain, it runs parallel with the yellow wire and connects next to the shutter mechanism next to the yellow wire but where does it connect? So off with the inner bottom plate on the second camera, spring etc etc, I find it connects under that flex board 🤔😳🤦♂️ok David it’s fine, your fine, at this point I get a message from a women who has been in touch before about a storage heater I’m selling and it’s obvious she is either Chinese or of a nationality that uses things like, ok I buy you be there, I send tomorrow man with van! 😳so I reply, have you told them that they need to send two men as it’s heavy and etc etc, regards David, well I won’t bore you with the details but this went back and forth for two hours with 30 mins or 15 mins then asked me something else, all understandable as she said they would have an envelope with the money in! Then I started to suspect, please you go on this site and send me screen shot, check email, there is a site man with a van, I’m trying to sort camera and thinking, I don’t need this, I read the advert and note it talks of best Dollar for the work? 🤔🫢😵💫🥴 so I mention this and ask where are you located, never mind you be there tomorrow 1pm so I do my old man confused act! I’m sorry but I’m not here tomorrow, where you live, why so I know where to come tomorrow, no I’m not here where are you! Penny drops, I say your talking out your arse aren’t you, this is a scam 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🧐🤬🤬🤬🤬then I get a reply back police will come tomorrow 1pm I reply well they will be able to assist in getting the heater in van, no they come tomorrow to arrest you, Fxxk Off!
So when you started talking about taking yours apart and, well you had me in stitches, the wires you are right do just keep popping off or even worse getting shorter and shorter as you try to attach I was putting extension pieces in and it just went from bad to worse! I was re routing the yellow one and well you took me back, made me laugh and the hours, weeks, months, years, decades, lifetime you spent on the project, is a true credit to you, think of it as a photo type 🤣😂🤣😂🤣Prototype! I think you would be better going on eBay and buying off cuts of leather where they tell you the gage and it’s cheap, but all in all you learned a lot, you have a unique camera and a full video of how to take apart and put back a Minolta X700 and I bet you could flog that, you have copy right on it and I for one would pay to have that as a reference.
Sorry, I can’t hear you, what happened to the camera, it’s sat on the table in a worse state than when I started, but hey it’s past another day.
I’ve subscribed and look forward to the next laugh/ learning session.. Regards David
No way is that camera a great enough ‘Icon’ for all that work! Your patience and persistence is unbelievable!
I appreciate it, thanks for watching.
This channel is so underrated. It's like grainydays but camera servicing and customization
Many plastic parts back then were coated in a vacuum, with a metallic paint. Some the paint was sprayed in the molds, the plastic was injected, the heat cooked off the paint, and made a permanent bond. The metal body look on many canon's were also plated.
Very interesting, I appreciate the insight. This is the mystery from this project that I had still been wondering about. Thank you for watching and sharing your knowledge.
Damn...the quality of all your contents is amazing,
I gotta be one of your earliest subscriber fr ❤✨️
These things are a work of art. Can't imagine how much design work went into making one of these
I'm not (yet) into repairing vintage cameras but I really appreciate and admire the amount of pain you're willing to go through and the persistence you have to make this work.
Oh, look!: my favourite activity - f*king with cameras; my favourite genre - a relentless repair; my favourite style - ruthless irony. What not to like? Subscribed!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.
Amazing! Camera of the year 1982, still have my two X700's and lenses and both still work. My first 35mm cameras. Through-the-lens (TTL) flash metering, exposure lock, interchangeable focusing screens, program and aperture-preferred automation modes. Out in 1981 and continued production till 2001. Thank you, enjoyed this.
Subscribed. The thumbnail got me intrigued. I half expected this to be one of those "satisfying restoration" videos without narration. Turns out this was a very entertaining video. Your knowledge is impressive!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
That coffee with vintage dust was probably good
очень долго ждал и надеялся, что не забросишь тему с покраской камер.
Это очень круто, респект тебе! не останавливайся!🤝🏻
Хотя временами это разочаровывало, до сих пор я веселился с этим. Есть несколько других проектов без камеры, которые я хотел бы сделать, но отзывы о камерах были очень хорошими, поэтому я думаю, что продолжу их делать вместе со всем, чем я занимаюсь. Рад, что вам понравилось, и спасибо за просмотр. Hopefully that translated correctly.
@@patricknicholsdesigneven used a translator. I'm extremely pleased!
Yes, definitely, your work with camera customization is a masterpiece. Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy these videos🤩
you are a surgeon doctor specializing in almost human photographic bodies. Congratulations!
WOW ... I'm impressed ... that is awesome work, especially the micro soldering ... I once was a camera tech and had the eyes to do micro soldering, I guess I still can, just takes twice as long now .. I am 70+ but still enjoy the repair process ... thank you for this awesome and inspiring video ... and yes, I subscribed and shared ... 👍👍
Just thought I’d let you and everyone else know that my profile picture and my account banner picture was taken with my X700! This was my grandpas old camera and I know he’s up in heaven smiling knowing his old family camera is being put to good use again by me :)
I happily took out my minolta X-300 in order to start to work on it and fix it and maybe to paint it. After 5 minutes into the video, it went back into the drawer and continued watching thinking wtf was I thinking lmao
Amazing job with the whole camera/video. Very entertaining.
As someone who repairs these Pandora's boxes, I say, OMG!!!!! and congratulations.
Thanks for watching.
my ability to experience pleasure has been greatly subdued for quite some time now but this channel made me feel the joy of being a kid again.
Tip on the airbrushing, back up your airbrush and move a single direction in even strokes. Then change the orientation of the object. By the time you hit the piece from every angle you'll have a decent amount of coats built up. You were having issues with paint thickness because of the motion you are using at 22:15.
At about 3 and a half minutes in I soon realized why I am always getting told the the cost of repair can end up being the same as just buying the camera I’m working condition.
Kudos to you for diving into this and giving us a peak.
Anxiety, inducing tear down. Major respect & skills, mate!
Great video and awesome Stormtrooper Minolta convert. I have 2 of these babies and I could never try what you have achieved. Well done, I loved the video.
Dude, you don’t get to be so knowledgeable and funny at the same time. Amazing content!
Thank you!
The amount of tenacity is staggering.. Every time you encountered a set back I thought "yeah I'd be fuckin done" and you just kept going lmao
Holy crap. This is the first time I see someone doing this. Huge respect to you!
So cool, I spent more than a few years with two X-700's around my neck when I was a photojournalist. I still have one on display in my man cave.
This is an insane amount of work, props to sticking it out! My first camera was an x700. it died so I bought another one. Then that one died so I bought another one. Needless to say, I switched to an XE7
Can't give up the Minolta glass. I've heard great things about the XE and XD cameras, but haven't ever shot one. For a while I was deal hunting for an XK but eventually gave up on that. Thanks for watching.
XD7 was my first camera and its been around the world with previous owners several times and still going strong. My best friend loved it so much he picked up an XD5 but it misses the little aperture window drives him nuts!
Loved this tear down and paint up! both ours need some repairs but you have saved me the pain of doing it... never knee they were SO COMPLEX i will pay someone but it wont be as comedic as your videos!
This is incredible work. I’m astounded by the intricacy and complexity of these old film cameras; your will to push through the problems and finish the job is admirable.
Best camera pr0n video ever. 10/10 on the comedy/sarcasm. You got yourself a new subscriber! 💪🏾
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
I could watch these for literal hours. Please keep doing what you're doing!
Im not a photographer but I love these old classic cameras, and I love the way you presented
Great video! It really was a joy to watch! Funny and interesting, best combination.
Glad you liked it, thank you for watching.
That's a lot of work! And I'm not talking about the camera job, but also the video shooting and production. It's a really useful lesson for all of us. Thank you!
Awesome to watch! Been a Minolta guy for 40 years. It's sad to me that so few people can actually work on vintage cameras anymore. A dying art/science. Even experienced techs won't touch my Minolta XE for fear of breaking something that's irreplaceable, meaning no spare parts can be found anymore. The guts of this x700 was far more complex I think.
The algorithm brought me here. I'm heavily impressed
Thanks for watching.
this was one of the most amusing videos ive watched as of late, when the parts dissolved i dieeeed. props to you for committing to this, i took apart my canon g1x, managed to break it and have vowed to never open another camera again. the x700 is one of my favourite cameras but god i wish i could shoot it without crying as i pay £45 for dev and a scan
nice work on the video, comedic timing was spot on. Had me laughing my a** off every now and then. Had a fun time seeing the nitty gritty and disection of the SLR, keep it up
Totally gonna try painting my camera white, looks so cool
this is like if Grainydays repaired (and painted) cameras. Fantastic.
watching this video stressed me out but seeing how much expertise you have completely amazed me
Amazing result. A Star Wars Stoomtrooper look for the Minolta X-700 is fantastic!
Love your videos, the commentary is a jam, but the fact that you show a real picture about a project like this makes it even more awesome, and I think we can learn a lot from your experiences.
Can't wait for the next video!!
I appreciate it, thanks for watching.
I love the censoring sounds and the way he's just truthful with how difficult some parts of fixing the camera. Subbing
I thought I was patient fixing old, purely mechanical cameras, but you reached new levels on this repair/rebuild/service/overhaul - really enjoyed the video, and couldn't help laughing at the many attempts to remove the old paint/powder coat or whatever it was, there seemed to be a certain inevitability that it would end in dissolved plastic parts, which wasn't really that much of an issue as you had spares anyway. Great video.
Bro when you revealed you melted everything I lost it lmfao. Awesome work here, incredibly interesting and informative:)
I bought my x-700 in 1982 and this reminds me why I keep it as it is, although I probably need to replace the light seals soon. Great video!
My main rig is still going strong with all the original caps from 1981. Finally had to replace the light seals a few months ago. Thanks for watching.
How are you not at 10k subs yet, even the ones with 20k don't publish such quality content. Great work dude
Not long ago you could bring this camera to a repair store, and it would have been fixed for not too many dollars. Now it’s very, very expensive, good job. What a lot of work. Better capacitors are those ceramic capacitors.
currently in the final steps of repainting a K1000 i received as a gift. going for red/white accents and this is giving me the confidence i need to pull through. loving the videos man, great result
I'm sure it will come out great. Thanks for watching.
And that kids is how I met my new favourite RUclips channel
Thanks for following along.
Wow I can't believe this channel only has 5k subscribers- I feel like I'm going to get to brag about being one of the "early ones"
This is terrifying. I like overhauling a lot of different things and have gotten interested in film cameras. I DON'T think I could deal with the delicacy. As much respect as you wanna take my man.
this is a great video from the script, to the video work, and the tips! awesome work man
It’s beautiful! If only I have experienced in everything that’s to be done disassembling and assembling a film camera.
I love your swearings. It's honest and true. It reminds to myslef working on DIY shi*t. Subscribed
I appreciate it, thanks for watching.
Love this video, your curiosity and the ability to have fun through mishaps is admirable. Looking forward to more educated and entertaining videos from you.
Hello Patrick! I landed on your video while looking if it was worth opening up a recently acquired X700 to clean the viewfinder..... and damn I loved it! Subscribed on the spot! Never anybody has said so many truths about camera repairs on a video. Have come back a couple of times already and you made chuckle again.
Excellent work!
X-700 owner here: THAT WAS AMAZING,👍👏👏👏
Just to say I knew your channel before it blew up. Great content keep it up!
Thanks for following along.
Impressive! That was my first film camera. I learned so much with the X700 and really loved it.
They are very nice cameras. I haven't found another model to have better ergonomic or viewfinder. Thanks for watching.
Loved it! I think it turned out great, next one will be perfect. I can't beleive you managed to put everything together at the end.
Glad you liked the result, thank you for watching.
I’m glad I discovered your channel. I thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂 10/10
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching.
wow, that teardown was intense. Kudos.
Thanks for watching.
that’s one of the most beautiful camera i’ve ever seen, god i wish i had one!
When you fully submerged the plastic parts in lacker thinner, I immediately covered my mouth with my hand in shock! haha this video is so stressful, but damn you really are persistent. Great work :)
lets go you posted i thought you quit content creating
No I won't quit anytime soon, I'm just trying to get the hang of the video production process. Thanks for watching.
That teardown was terrifying. Definitely am never ever ever going to do this to any of my cameras, haha
Love old film cameras. While surfing attempting to find how to fix my XG-7 I came across your video. As would be expected its film advance lever is frozen. The camera was used for many years and performed as expected. Then it began having an attitude, sometimes the film advance would not turn other times it would. Finally I gave up the ghost, put it on the shelf. After about two years I gave it another go, wow it worked. Walked about the house performing shutter actuation happy as I could be. Then, sadly it again copped an attitude, lever will not advance. Cleaned the battery holder in the camera, and the actual screw in battery holder, still cannot get it to work. Because the bottom of the battery holder looked corroded and the paint or metal was off I put a sliver of aluminum foil in that screw in holder hoping it would be good for connectivity. The BC switch will not light the BC light, my guess is it has a errant bottom capacitor. Did the ebay thingy, purchased a XG-M.
Edit 2024-03-01: the XG-M arrived, used its battery holder, BAM, the XG-7 now works. The entire issue was the XG-7 battery holder corroded, causing the bottom conductivity paint or some such to be removed.
Incredible video man. Keep it up. Really well put together.
Thank you, glad you liked the video.
if one day you sold a camera reparing course, I would be the first to buy it. This is awesome
I appreciate it, thank you for watching.
I think I would be able to disassemble the camera, but you need to have an angelic patience putting it all back together.
AWESOME VIDEO. VERY FUNNY. THIS IS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER AND THE VOICE AND CHARACTER FIT PERFECTLY. THIS IS REFRESHINGLY DIFFERENT FROM VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER CHANNELS LIKE IT. LIKE HOW ITS MADE CROSSED WITH SOUTH PARK. I LOVE IT. SHARE THIS CHANNEL FAR AND WIDE GUYS PLEASE. THIS GUY DESERVES IT. VERY ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL. THIS GUY COULD ACTUALLY TEACH IN LA. YES I KNOW... INCREDIBLE. ALL THE BEST DUDE
This was so awesome man, thanks for sharing this. Fascinating watching someone with this level of knowledge narrate through this entire process!
I really appreciate it man. I've been watching your videos since the one about your last roll of Fuji Pro 400H, and I immediately binged your entire backlog. I really admire both your photography and video work. Very happy to see you posting again in good health. Thank you for watching!
@@patricknicholsdesign Ah no way man that's so cool thank you! Will for sure be stopping by whenever you put things out haha!
I enjoy your journey of fixing and modding cameras! Looking forward for more!
Great video. Convinced me to pretend like early 80's cameras don't exist and never to try and take one apart lol
Just binged your channel, absolutely love this content and I can't wait for more. Great style
Gotta say, this looks pretty snappy. I'd rock that.
Dude that video is awesome. The way you made the video is just fantastic.
The Patience game is strong with this one...🙏 Solid work,... Subscribed
Too bold of you to share your bank balance
That genuity earned you an eternal subscriber
insane focus on detail. great job on the camera and on the video
Nice paintjob!!! And a big respect to the disassembling. I worked on my Minolta XE to change the focusing screen. It was peanut in contrast to your work on the x-700. Well done mate.
damn, all I needed this sunday was a video from such a good content creator. Thx for making my sunday better
Thanks that means a lot. Thank you for watching.
This is so satisfying. I can't help but pay attention to everything.
i can't believe they designed this without any CAD, it's so complex and tightly packaged!
this came out awesome. Can't tell you the sense of dread I saw seeing that wiring arrangement as you pulled the camera apart haha
I’m just starting this thing, and I have to say, you are very good at concealing your method of recording where all the little doodads are coming from, and how you are retaining and organizing them. Wait, I’m dizzy…. I just need a moment to recover…. I’m having flashbacks of the two SRTs I destroyed trying to fix their meters. Amazing-so far.
The cover of my bit driver set doubles as a parts tray. I also use a magnetic tray that you can get at harbor freight for a couple bucks. I simply keep them out of frame so that they're out of harms way. Picking up tiny screws off the floor of my basement isn't my favorite pastime so I try to avoid that. Thanks for watching.
This was a really calming experience! Keep up the great video editing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.