Ngl I still cringe when people try to pry open a lens barrel with a flathead screwdriver

Saw a guy on Youtube doing it to a 50mm f/1.4 the other day and it hurt my soul. I've been fixing cameras for about 15 years now and I swear that's how half the stripped screws I see come in. I learned the hard way back in 2012 when I cracked a rear element on a Pentax K1000 trying to be clever. Rubber jar opener and proper JIS drivers are like ten bucks total. Has anyone else seen a repair go south from bad tool choices?

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williams9023d ago

Why would you not just spend the ten bucks on the right tools? That's just asking for trouble.

kevinc8423d ago

Every tool I've got was bought specifically because I didn't wanna buy the right tool and it broke immediately. That ten bucks saves me from myself.