alt Hacker NewsThe data is not really helpful as a repair guide, it doesn't have any sort of "how-to", just small notes made during repair attempts, plus it only includes electrical/electronic devices.
The data is not really helpful as a repair guide, it doesn't have any sort of "how-to", just small notes made during repair attempts, plus it only includes electrical/electronic devices.
>plus it only includes electrical/electronic devices.
It would still be very valuable. Fully mechanical cameras are, apart from some very specific components (e.g. titanium shutter blades in some high-end cameras), repairable. Electronic cameras with hand-soldered capacitors and big, individual electronic components are harder to work on (flexible circuit boards) but still possible. Fully electronic cameras... Let's just say in the coming decades, there is going to be a huge gap in camera history. A century-old Kodak or Agfa with bellows is still usable; the electronics in a polaroid SX-70 is so simple there is now aftermarket circuit boards to replace and extend them, adding Bluetooth controls; whereas a current top-of-the-line Canon/Nikon is going to be an unfixable paperweight within one human generation.
Aside from enthusiasts, I have worked a few months with (museum) conservators and this is very worrying to them. Same with cars.