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[Minikomi]

I'm a big fan of this site and camerapedia . . and wonder, in my kevin costner like way, if I build it will they come?
 
I'm proposing a site which lists camera types.. someone with a question would click on the camera which interests them,

[Markus]

I'm all for it. Wikis are great.

[Fred_the_oyster]

Supported! That's a great idea.

[Evisc]

That would be excellent!

[Donnie_strickland]

This topic was discussed to some extent nearly a year ago:
 

[Minikomi]

fair enough. good points for and against to be read there, but I'm not aiming to replace this forum, or the many great blogs and sites people have put their hard hard work into! just suppliment it.  
Really, in the end, it can only be as good

[Hovaness]

Once a nucleus is formed, the advantages would become obvious to everyone, and the site would become a Mecca for camera restorers. Unfortunately, someone has to do the hard labor of creating the core content. I suggest starting with English translat

[Dragunov]

do it... that WILL save alot of frustration...
 
also put in detailed step-by-step dissassembly instructions with pictures(!) if you can.  
 
good idea!
Dragunov

[Minikomi]

translations was EXACTLY what i was intending to start with!
 
will help my japanese and make a good site heh
 
any links you have.. please post them!

[Pablomartinez]

I started a site like that a year ago and I have already some repairs posted. Some are pretty basic but it's some material that it's visited around 100 times per week and usually I have good feedback from visitors.  
 
If you want the information

[Hovaness]

One area of emphasis should be the reverse-engineering of circuit schematics. For example, the (undocumented) light meter circuit of the Olympus 35SP is too complicated to understand by simple inspection. It would be wonderful if a contributor with an e

[Hovaness]

I am willing to contribute digital images. I have a large collection of 35mm parts cameras (Nikon, Minolta, Pentax, Balda, Olympus, Lordomat, Konica, Yashica) and a digital camera with good macro capability. Let me know what you need.

[Minikomi]

Sorry for being quiet on this! It's coming... still getting my head around the wiki world.
 
One area of emphasis should be the reverse-engineering of circuit schematics. For example, the (undocumented) light meter circuit of the Olympus 35SP is

[Mikel]

If you build it, they will not come.
 
Check out the Contax Wiki. (find it you can)
 
Donnie has it right: it was discussed at length and dismissed for good reason (just look it up).
 
A Wiki is not interactive as this board has always be