Behind the Scenes at Kamerastore in Finland - Smarter Every Day 2

[@CameraRescue]

This tour is the one I have always wanted to do for everyone to see! Seems we just needed the right guest for it to become a reality. We have been trying to do our part to keep film alive for over a decade now, but I think communicating what we are doing has always been a pain point for us. Your visit and questions helped everyone in the team communicate just a bit more than we would as Finns normally. Thank you Destin for the visit (and all the rest)! - Juho ps. If anyone has questions that didn't get answered through this tour, comment them below and I will do a Q&A on the Camera Rescue channel.

[@theonecassu3262]

Tere pikanekysymysvaa korjaattekote uudempia kameroita myös mulla on nytten ollu vuode verran tuo mun Fujifilm XT-30 tai 3 enedes muista enään fujillakorjamisessa ja ei oo kuulun mitään

[@mikaelkorpela]

Did you bring Destin to sauna? 😊

[@CameraRescue]

@@mikaelkorpela Ofcourse! 3 times!

[@JoeVanGogh]

Your comment needs pinned! Butttt whats the difference between a Finnish meatball and a Swedish meatball? And do they have to compete?😂❤

[@SmarterEveryDay2]

@@mikaelkorpela Absolutely

[@PjotrStroganov]

I feel sorry for the Finnish workers having to recuperate for days after Destin talking to them

[@TwoScoopsofDestroyer]

And on the same day as their weekly meeting, they must have been exhausted after that day. 😩

[@JJ79_]

Don't worry they will be fine after few good years. 👍

[@rodantkapoor9721]

😅

[@suomi35]

I felt exactly the same!

[@russ1669]

Brilliant

[@chibs3666]

"Who is Jussi?" "Jussi is my best buddy from when we were 2 years olds" "And you started the company together?" "Yes... We did that later on" I'm glad he clarified they didn't start the company together at 2 years of age 😂

[@oraakkeli]

-"Finnish names are hard for me, did i do okay?" -"no" Respect the honesty 🤣

[@fh5kskalf]

16:10

[@hawkwind769]

That was sweet👍🏼😆

[@oskarrrw]

to be fair Destin really butchered ”Lauri”, sounded like a woman’s name

[@XantheFIN]

@@oskarrrw Yeah he got it wrong as didnt know better and pronounced "Laura". But Appreciate attempt :)

Haha, the name isn't that common outside Finland it seems :)

[@monkeycircus509]

The Finns in this video are so patient, Destin has the energy of a golden retriever puppy.

[@Hellsong89]

Pretty accurate description and these guys were the norm...there are even more patient folk around, specially the old folk. Its mostly internal dialogue where we follow what is happening, but keeping to our selfs, like looking things from behind one way mirror. If we get exited then its normal conversation, but rarely we get exited enough to be Destin level of golden retriever puppy :D

[@FinnishArmy]

We are always patient

[@Kamerastore]

Yay! Finally people get to see the true level of camera nerdiness we have at the office. Also hopefully this helps a bit connect everyone to the real humans behind the testing certificates, restored cameras or nicely packaged boxes. We do loose a lot of nice human interaction being here in the far north and 99% online. Thank you so much for the visit Destin!

[@blurfs3763]

I have two old Canons. May I send them to you for repair to sell in your store to someone who will use them, or use them as parts if you want to?

[@stevekristoff4365]

I am glad that people like you are taking the initiative help keep this hobby alive. I still have my cameras from the 70's-90's (and older view and wet plate cameras) and still use them though not as much as in my youth. Always loved the hands on / technical aspect of recording an image going all the way back to camera obscura boxes/rooms). It was a huge shock as you alluded to with the sudden demise/switch to digital (I still have un-used kodak film processing mailers it was so fast of a decline). It's making me rethink on what I should do with my collection when I die, perhaps donating them opposed to in many cases them being just tossed which would break my heart. Hope your business thrives and incentivizes others to do the same.

[@TheTorakka]

So sad Tampere has only bad hockey teams :P

[@almostinfamous42]

Great effort guys and wishing you and the rest of us film and camera nerds the best of luck in pushing the horizon of obsolescence further away

[@birkelandmedia]

Your work is great!

[@w5bbaker48]

Dear Destin an Juho: To both of you, my sincere thank you from an almost 76 year old Canadian, to make this truly international. Cameras have fascinated me for decades. The tour through Kamera Rescue was even more than educational and fascinating, to the point that I wish I had another 76 years to study cameras and my guitars in the true detail that they deserve. But, by far, my greatest takeaway, was your minds. I only happened upon Destin's two sites today and I find the scope of your interests enthralling. At 55, I went back to school to get my MBA, bordering on PhD. in international sustainable marketing and, Juho, your circular economy concept, as practiced by your company is worth advanced degrees in study around the world in its potential economic and cultural contribution. Thank you sincerely, Bill from Toronto

[@J.n.A.1993]

"I feel like things need to be used as long as they can." 100% agree!!

[@ludovicbon5903]

My 98 years old camera and I both totally agree

[@Kisoku]

This should be the basis with any product. I recently bought something and it felt already like it had been used for 10 years when it was a new... Ready to break at any moment. The quality control in the company is basically non-existent and the products are made to break as soon as possible... New ones are sold at ridiculous prices. And whenever the company decides to do their next product, the current product will be useless and you cannot get new ones anymore. The of the product obviously uses glue and all the usual things to make it as hard as possibly to repair on your own.

[@emilyrln]

Yes!!!

[@tapio_m6861]

The rhythm of this video is like 20 beats slower than the standard Destin video and that is 100% due to us Finns being like that lmao.

[@Jamesonfp]

also, destin likes uploading much longer videos on his second channel

[@groezy]

yes, as an american, this video just felt a slight bit awkward lol. an interesting video for photography and anthropology :)

[@alpham777]

@@Jamesonfp Not really that it's the conversations, it feels like more than half of these peoples first time talking to someone.

[@tapio_m6861]

@@groezy A bit awkward could be our national motto. But I think more than anything this was Destin not being completely in tune with the Finnishness. I bet that if Destin would be able to talk Finnish and/or knew how the Finnish culture works, the moments on this video would be a lot different.

[@Listaihminen]

@@alpham777 Maybe it is because they have to answer very technical guestions about their work, on camera, without time to prepare, in second or third language?

[@tim_bbq1008]

Every employee seems very precise in their communications. D: 'Can you do this?' "No, I already did it" D: 'Oh, so you're done already' "No, I'm not done yet" These guys found a niche market and it looks like they are the go-to source for this specialty market. Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@tobias_dahlberg]

That's Finish people for you.

[@jonanderson5137]

One thing that really popped out to me was the literal English translations that the finns have vs. Destin. 'you purchased ' 'I didn't purchase, the company did.' 'so, you purchased the camera' 😅

[@tapio_m6861]

The issue might also be in how the Finnish language differentiates between you (singular person, *sinä* in Finnish) and you (group of people , *te* in Finnish). If someone would say the sentence *you purchased* in Finnish to that person (= "sinä ostit..."), it would mean that it was literally you as a person that purchased the camera. To make it mean that *the company bought the camera,* the sentence would have to be *"te ostitte"* which given the context would be understandable as the company buying the camera. So in this instance English language is failing to give as much context as what these people might be used to. So really, it's the lack of English language differentiating between a single person "you" and a group of people "you" that might cause issues here.

[@Listaihminen]

@@tapio_m6861 Not to argue with you, just to give some more context. This also happens in finnish. Someone might ask a colleague ”are these your tools, can I borrow one I need?” and they just might answer ”they are not mine, the are the companys tools. You can borrow it”.

[@fercen]

I noticed the same thing and I'd guess it's because we're prone to interpreting "you" as singular since Finnish has different words for singular "you" and plural "you".

[@dlby3]

What Destin meant to say was "Y'all" LoL@@tapio_m6861

[@JB-mn4ff]

In Texan, "y'all purchased" is no problem, but the rest of the English world shudders in disgust. 😜

[@DijaFix]

as a Finn it’s so cool to see youtubers whose content you enjoy and who you wouldn’t expect to come to Finland do just that

[@Tatefail]

I just wish I'd known Destin was here. So many KZbinrs I've missed to meet lately :(

[@DijaFix]

@@Tatefail yeah. I would’ve queued up just to say hi to Destin. And when Tom Scott was in the Helsinki library, was it in 2022 or something, it would’ve been so cool to meet him in person, even if it was a brief "Hi I really like your KZbin videos!" moment. But then again, I think maybe announcing your plans to visit a place is an enormous amount of pressure from both "what if there are too many people who want to see me" and "what if there are none" points of view. I don’t know for sure. All I know is it’s cool that cool people from all around end up visiting Finland for something they find cool about things we do here and how we do them. Maybe Finland just is that cool. Even the weather here is cool, like… too cool

[@kasperilindroos2370]

Hit's even different for me because I'm from Tampere lol

[@pasipulkkinencom]

I didn't know anything about these guys and they are 300 meters away. AWESOME.

[@CapriSjonnie]

Hahaha Finnish people, always technically correct. The best kind of correct! "So you bought the camera at this point?" - "No, the company bought it" 😂

[@esaedvik]

Languages are funny; In Finnish, we don't have one "you" that means both you as a person and you as a company, like English does. But then again, we lack gendered nouns, which makes the language even weirder xD

[@gtjack9]

I did wonder whether it was a non-translatable part of the language that Destin used after every worker corrected him to say I don’t sell x. 😅

[@hmmm9806]

She is Vietnamese and can't even speak Finnish. Also most of the people in the video were foreign people living in Finland. ✌

[@HermiLazyycat]

@@hmmm9806hey, how do you know if she can speak Finnish or not? Would it be rude to speak Finnish to an American guest, don’t you think?

[@hmmm9806]

@@HermiLazyycat Well.. I assumed from your English accent that you probably don't speak Finnish, at least not fluently.. Can you speak Finnish? Because I think you are the beautiful lady in the video? 😉And I didn't say you should've spoken Finnish to Destin, I just corrected the misunderstanding of the original poster.

[@m1k1a1]

What a surprise to learn that my hometown has people dedicating their work to giving new life to old cameras.

[@Polfeck21]

The quickest delivery. Like 3 days from Finland to Ireland. Competitors from Germany take up to 12 days.

[@samue1991]

These kinds of people are the goats, not just for doing cool things like saving film photography, but also for being willing to be on camera speaking a non-native language to them. Way to be!!

[@Zeuskabob1]

"Swedes have tried to take them away from us but meatballs are our thing" - Juho 2023

[@Human_Sam]

Blasphemy! - Sincerely, a Swede.

[@Ounouh]

@@Human_Sam Ikea does not approve

[@josephrasberry3850]

Best quote haha but yea there a thing haha I bet they were good too

[@JuisSekasi]

Alot of things like this, Swedes say they invented it, but it was actually Finnic people, may have been under Swedish rule, but Finnish people. Such as: Snus/Nuuska, Näkkileipä/Knäckerbröd (or how ever those homosexual muslims write it), Swedens cavalry... all Finnish inventions.

[@TheMilanMovies]

The enthusiasm of Juho is amazing to listen to, he really believes in what he does and I strongly agree that repair is the best option when it comes to consumer devices. Recycling is good, repairing is better. Also people like Jukka are great mentors, you can see how much he enjoys working on that Leica!

[@briancaster2876]

People always forget that recycling is supposed to be the last step. 1. Reduce 2. Reuse (repair) THEN 3. Recycle I wish more things were this repair able! I don't even care about camera, but this whole setup is great!

[@webbtrekker534]

I'm of Finnish ancestry and got to visit family in Finland back in 1975. I know exactly what you are talking about the cultural difference. Even though I was meeting family every day I noticed that I always seems to be doing something wrong but no one would say anything. I was just being American me and they were not use to that. I loved my time there and enjoyed seeing so much of the country. The people were great, food was so good and I got to see where my grandparents were born and raised before coming to the US (in 1902). I still have a cousin I correspond with from time to time. Best 3 weeks I ever spent!

[@spurdo4434]

The cultural difference is so big that i cringe whenever americans say theyre finnish when they cant even speak the language or know anything about the culture. Glad you enjoyed your time here though.

[@webbtrekker534]

@@spurdo4434 I had taken Finnish language lessens and did learn just enough to be very certain that I knew to say hello, goodby, Good Day and a few others. Family came from western Finland so Swedish was the spoken language which I'd heard all my life but been not taught (family kept it as a secret language so the "children" wouldn't know what was being talked about.) I was beginning to dream in Swedish by the time we were to return to the US. I had heard enough translations everyday if the same questions and answers my mind was beginning to process it. No I'm an American whose family had come from Finland and I'm proud of where we had come from and still have family there. Kiitos!

[@Masiyooo]

@@spurdo4434 he did say he is of finnish ancestry. Not finnish. But you gotta realize that America is a country of immigrants and immigrant past is a big part of constructed American national identity, just like Karelian folk songs are a big part of a constructed Finnish national identity.. There's nothing cringy about that

[@spurdo4434]

@@Masiyooo i didnt say that i cringed at him i said i cringe at americans who use cultural, ethnic or national identities to seek attention or something like that, when in reality they have next to no actual connection to that culture, ethnicity or nationality. Especially when americans whove never left the states lecture me on finnish culture like they know it better than me, who is born, raised and still living here. By all means connect with your roots but dont expect to be an expert after a one week trip to helsinki.

[@EspenX]

As a Norwegian, I made sure to like this video because of the Finland meatball lunch comment. Swedish meatballs are small and ok, but Norwegian meatballs are better. And now I know there are Finnish meatballs and without tasting them, I know they are sure to be better than the tiny Swedish meatballs. Every Nordic country have meatballs, Sweden have the worst ones, but they got Ikea so the Swedish meatball virus spread. So thank you Juha! :)

[@axllii]

And the Danes have Hakebøf 😂

[@Prioslupus]

Frikadeller would be closer to a meatball

[@WaiGee_]

Kudos for Destin for trying to pronounce Finnish, he didn't succeed but i adore the effort ❤

[@tamto6328]

I enjoyed watching him butcher "Tampere". "Tam-peare" instead of "Tom-pa-ray".😊

[@jonasjonas22928]

He said name ”Juho” just like native would

[@brianwolent9593]

I worked at Polaroid in Massachusetts during the mid 80's. I was the 2nd shift quality control supervisor in optics. We used laser interferometers to measure power and irregularity plus other devices. This is amazing to me. Love seeing it all coming back.

[@McSlobo]

Sounds you should start the US branch of camera rescue team / Kamerastore.

[@mooney003]

What was that like working more during the acrylic-lens era of Polaroid?

[@coolio5798]

Maybe it's just a language thing, but I love how literal the Finns are. It also kind of seems like you caught them on the morning after their holiday party and most of them are hungover lol. Love the video!

[@Ounouh]

I think it's one part of being pedantic and one part of having weird sense of humour...

[@JustaMuteCat]

Reckon some of it is also how English as a language is taught/learned from the perspective of an foreign language compared to the way it’s taught as a native language. There are many nuances lost in translation and transliteration between languages that would make it seem to be for the best to be as simple and literal as possible for clarity. Not everyone had years of experience in talking in a foreign language (like Juho, you can see he is a lot more comfortable and flexible when talking to Destin compared to the others, even if you notice that sometimes he has to stop for a bit to think how best he should explain to him, and us, when questions are asked). It’s a thing that happens when you have to struggle your way through that language, sometimes without being able to use your own, for an extended period of time, like living in a foreign land for years due to work. The difference in grasp between immersion and superficially learning a language is quite huge.

[@objektivone3209]

Remarkable how nice and welcoming the staff are. I am completely overwhelmed by their openness.

[@JeffRAllenCH]

Finns are the best humans. Quiet and friendly, what more could you ask for?

[@TheAlex29494]

the stereotype of Finns being cold and awkward is a misconception. We aren't necessarily bubbly or overly talkative but we absolutely are friendly. There's just almost no small talk or filler phrases

[@tatwo_]

@@TheAlex29494 yes

[@Evergreen1400]

@@TheAlex29494that’s funny because I’ve never heard that stereotype or any other stereotype about Finn but that was 100% how I would describe everyone aside from the owner of the Kamera Store. I’m at the 16:24 mark in the video and the stereotype fits perfectly thus far. Hopefully that changes as the video goes on. I’m not saying this to be overly critical nor do I think Finn’s are bad people it’s obviously just a difference in cultures. Im an American if you haven’t assumed that already and I think there are a lot of really horrible nasty Americans so I in no way mean for my comment to be some type of “America is #1” type of thing. 🙏🏻

[@12OZK12]

@@Evergreen1400 The guy at 16:24 isn't even Finnish. He has a slavic accent.

[@TayG-y9q]

Destin, can we please get a deep dive into camera shutters like you have done for engines? I’ve always been fascinated by the mechanism and tried to understand how it works but there’s no good resources. It seems that a shutter mechanism is one of the things that holds people back from being able to make their own film cameras, lens optics being the second. Everything else in a camera is basically just a lightproof box and some mirrors, but the shutter mechanism is special.

[@akyhne]

Lenses are way more complicated to make, than shutters. And asking how shutters works, is like asking how a steam engine, a petrol engine, a diesel engine, an electric motor and a jet engine works, in one question. As you saw in the video, the old Leica essentially had a clock mechanism, while cheap cameras have a simple spring load, and some uses an electronically controlled motor.

[@aeonikus1]

That would be amazin topic for a video.

[@TheCoBBus]

Search for slowmoguys, Gavin has done a video with a highspeed camera to show how they work

[@jez4491]

I just went and purchased a Canon AE-1 from Kamerastore while I was still in the middle of watching this video 😀. Been a digital shooter for ages so I thought, why not have a play with analogue. I was in Finland last year at Christmas time and it was a spectacular place.

[@conjaq5094]

This is such a wild video to watch. My father(Now retired) Used to be a camera engineer, that repaired every and all analog Camera's. he was THE man the companies used for repair jobs for everything between amateur to professional grade Camera's, for all the major brands in Europe. He got cameras from all over Europe and even though it's almost 20 years since he closed down shop, he still get calls and cameras sent for him to fix. When i was a kid i ran around in his shop and helped fixing his cameras so this was quite an interesting video for me to watch. Thanks Destin!

[@xgford94]

This is a company that MUST be supported their success is for the good of us all

[@mynameisschezuan]

Agree! Go buy a camera from them 😃 some are only $25-30

[@canyonrunner331]

I work for a part 145 repair station (we repair/overhaul airplane components). I daily restore fuel valves, electric motors, and magnetos. Other guys in the shop work a lot on landing gears, gearboxes, other hydraulic bits and bobs. I regularly see parts that are stamped 1955 manufactur date. I love keeping things working and making users happy (and safe).

[@maxtremblay]

I LOVE how Destin is kinda naive and keep asking questions, it make people very at ease and say more than they would normally. This is such great content, this guy know how to extract knowledge from someone!

[@mehill00]

He’s not afraid to admit he didn’t follow the answer, so people come to realize that he really wants to understand.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Related: right to repair movement which is required to make high tech stuff repairable instead of being e-waste. Basically you would need the schematics. Louis Rossmann has done many great videos about the issue.

[@WhatUpRob]

The camera blowout, showing every part was nuts. That German camera from the 50’s, the engineering behind that (whistle), impressive 👏. I seriously want to go to garage sells and auctions to buy up old camera to sell to these guys so they can give them life again.

[@latmask00]

Very cool store, I hadn't heard of it before. But I will check it out. And as a Swede, I must say I love Finns!

[@matthewhall5571]

Never underestimate the value of the NATO affiliated Russia buffer? 😉

[@Aeqstaw]

The amazing thing is how you keep finding these extremely passionate people more than anything else!

[@sparkydave2783]

Wow, wow, wow. Incredible footage and great people perusing a worthy cause. I’m fortunate to work with Finns. They’re lovely people; brutally honest, totally trustworthy and as engineers, always competent.

[@linusfotograf]

Finnish people are funny with their honesty

[@DaleKallio]

Mechanical means of achieving resolution is critical knowledge for developing light receptors. I am a Finn and a fan of both Juho and Destin😊. I also worked at Ritz camera at the turn of the century (2000) with a film camera shooter from the 60's. Use the logistics and knowhow, build lasting knowledge! Certain legacies produce great things. Always with an efficient mindset😉 BTW, Finns can be very cerebral, but efficient ppl😂. Some of these tools have origins from the C7 course (Survey Instrument Maintenance) and U. S. Army geodesy development, with it's history from Fort Belvior and Meade🤔

[@gtuomi7]

I'd love to see an entire video diving into the shutter mechanism of a particular camera. Specifically on how it maintains precise timing.

[@aeonikus1]

Great topic for a video. Hopefuly someone makes one! :)

[@Redfizh]

I have multiple albums of old pictures of my life and people I know, my history. This history ended when digital cameras arrived. We only developed a few photos from last decades as rest is "stored" in memory. I keep in safe these old hard drives of previous computers and last year one of them died. We need to think more interesting topics to keep destin in the Nordics.

[@jimgraves4197]

I love that Juho and the team are not only selling fully functional cameras, they are able to design and 3D print prototype parts and put more cameras and equipment back to good use. I bought a Nikon F801s from Kamerastore a few years ago and it is still in great working order.

[@ragingwillie483]

one thing that stands out, is everyone is adamant about saying only what they are sure of. and that every employee serves a specific purpose, and they seem to maintain that, which seem very productive to me, and not typical i have witnessed in the United States

[@romaliop]

There's even a common phrase that has caught on that people often jokingly say in such situations: "I don't know, I only work here". There's a sense of what you are supposed to know and do in your job and if you've got that covered, then no one is going to blame you for not going above and beyond.

[@tamto6328]

Man, watching this brought a sense of dred and excitement at the same time. Dred because of a dying technology but excitement because of people like Juho doing something about it. What an amazing company they have there in Tampere. Makes me even prouder to be an American living in Tampere also. I've been here for ten years and didn't even know they existed. I will definitely buy my next film camera from them. Thank youe Destin for coming to Tampere and thank for the historical piece you did on the company.

[@martinjahnert1527]

Thank you for the Video, it is very interesting for me, because my father has a company who cleans out horter houses and make them useable again. Mostly the owners died and the houses must be cleaned out. A lot of the time there are some cameras and sometime there are even camera collection and they get thrown away. Now I know the KameraStore cause of you and instead of throwing them away, he can sent the cameras to them, so they can maybe have a second life or deliver spare parts, so someone can enjoy his hobby. Thanks a lot to you

[@PabloEdvardo]

I tossed this on to have something to watch while I ate dinner. Ten minutes later I was done eating and then I kept watching for another hour and twenty minutes. I appreciate that you have the second channel so content like this (a little unpolished but still full of heart) can still reach us.

[@yanfishtwig2356]

this project is like the opposite of the dark changes i see in the world

[@Lucky32Luke]

I loved that you were humble considering Finnish as a different culture. They are warm hearted but silent. Very good people indeed. It was a great journey not only between two cultures but in time of engineering. I love film cameras in general and I hope sooner or later I will be back shooting real pictures again.

[@Guardian_Arias]

Thats amazing a fun watch. For the past 15 years my technician and engineering career has been spent working on an aircrafts that came off the line in in 1965 and 1972. Its amazing to both curse and be at awe at the engineering prowess of the past. Especially when you spend 8 hours removing a relay with with 60 wires and 4 bolts only to realize the part is stamped with a manufactured date of 1956, or when modeling a duct to 3D print and wondering if PEEK will be able to survive 50 years in the plane.

[@roarsack503]

"Are you Toni?" "No." *proceeds not to tell actual name* Classic Finn! Go Jukka! 🤣

[@juanjgf]

The whole Jukka interaction is wholesome and amazing.

[@fhaddad3]

I just love seeing this, it warms my heart to see companies grow like this...best of luck

[@TheSannaeriksson]

Wow! Couldn’t imagine it was so big. I have bought some gear to my olympus/OM digital cameras from kamerastore in Finland and it has always been a good buy. Good pricing, fast delivery, about 1-2 days to Sweden. I guess they throw it on a plane right away 😂 I have linked to their site when people need camera gear and I hope some has checked out what they have for sell. Nowerdays I choose to buy used cameras, lenses and other gear associated to cameras if I can find a good deal. It’s good for the enviorment, you save money, and you can afford different lenses to choose from. I mean why pay 1200-1400 € for a lens when you can get the same lens used for ~700-900 € or ~2000-2300 € for a new camera when you can get the same camera used for ~1200-1400 € whit a low shuttercount in most cases from beeing used whit electronical shutter. Thank you for this tour from your visit at Kamerastore! I really would love to go there some day. 🇫🇮🇸🇪😁

[@Kamerastore]

Glad you enjoy shopping with us! We do pride ourselves at being fast. Also we are now close to 40 people working on keeping cameras available for everyone!!

[@45414]

I’ve only been to Finland once and it was beautiful! Highly recommended.

[@MF175mp]

Depends on the season and region as well!

[@lajoskalmar505]

Gratu from Hungary. I lived a year in Helsinki, bought my first camera in the Aleksanterinkatu, an FM2, I became a professional photographer at home, thank you! This idea is great! I have some same way of thinking, I use old medium formats and build custom cameras. It was good to see some other believers.

[@Kamerastore]

Great to hear about your FM2 and congrats on making photography your job. Hope the FM2 is still giving you good results.

[@Daniel.Walker]

Destin, I love the earnest and humble approach you have to passions and learning in your life! I’m sure there are people who meet you when you’re filming who don’t guess how technically adept you are; but this humility allows us to receive from industry leaders the information that WE are looking for. Just wanted to thank you for this approach across all your work; after watching for many years!

[@User0000000000000004]

I LOVE when Finns speak English. That accent is so unique and instantly identifiable. Awesome!

[@WilliamBurdine]

Destin, this is such an AMAZING Experience, I thought your tour of Kodak was incredible, but WOW, this is the most amazing experience so full of knowledge. I am so Grateful that you took the time to chase the rabbits for the information. Thank you for doing a wonderful job to create interest for the future and to catalog the history. I only wish they had the option to RESTORE Client cameras, I have a Canon AE-1 and I know it needs some TLC. I have had my camera for well over 25 years.

[@akyhne]

When their economy is so tight, I understand why they won't restore for customers. They would quickly end up with shelves of cameras, the customer didn't pay the restoration cost, hence the cameras end up in a limbo.

[@aeonikus1]

@@akyhneThey can diagnose the problem to figure the cost of repair and then client should prepaid such amount and then they start a repair and send back. This way they won't end up with unpaid stock.

[@akyhne]

@@aeonikus1 There's a problem with that approach. You can never really set a price of cost, only an estimate.

[@mm-qd1ho]

Well done! Nice to see you out and about, exchanging goodwill wherever you go. Would love to see more videos like this.

[@qnetx]

Fantastic. I have a deep respect and admiration for what the @Kamerastore and @Camerarescue team is doing and the education they are providing. I have been following their story for years now.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

Not only did you visit my country, you visited my hometown Tampere! watched you for so long this makes me glad :)

[@JustAGuyRichie]

Love the video, the whole process and their love for the old cameras, the mentality of the Finns. Greetz from Germany to Tampere and it’s neighbor Lapua, where I know some ppl.

[@larrythoman5555]

Great to see that there is such an interest in preserving the knowledge to keep old cameras going and available for the new generations of enthusiasts. I had a camera repair business from 8th grade through collage that paid for collage and lead to an engineering career in the photo processing equipment industry.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

The sheer amount of repair parts and bodies for just 2-3 models of camera is INSANE here. This has to be one of the foremost well stocked film camera repair places on earth. Broken camera for $500 is crazy lol i need to start looking for these

[@dallasmed65]

I just inherited a trunk full of old cameras and recorders from the 40’s. My great uncle was a journalist in WW2 and nobody in my family wanted them because they didn’t understand them. I’m glad I got my hands on them so I can use them myself and send them to people like this who can fix them up. Truly amazing pieces of machinery.

[@BearTheManPk]

this video was amazing! from the nerdiness, the engineering, the over all love of cameras.. list goes on. oh the finnish humor. i dont know where to start. great video destin! and thank you @camerarescue and Juho letting us see all of this < 3

[@rudycandu1633]

I had been heavily involved in photography. Multiple 35mm, two medium format, two 4x5 view cameras. Home darkroom B&W printing, and a tiny bit colour. Studio flash lighting. At one point I took a break from it, put it all away to pick up later. When I finally did come back to photography I bought my first digital camera, the Canon 300D. That was the time that digital started to take off. Soon afterwards I realized that film was dying. It was very emotional for me. I cried. I hope film will make a comeback and my cameras will be loved by people after me.

[@volkhen0]

People are getting tired of social media and of making million photos they never look at again. Analog photography has more value and people will rediscover it.

[@threefirstnames4187]

Great video, but the construct that "circular economies" are new is a stretch. That term was introduced in 1989 by economist Allan Kneese, but in practice repair and reuse were major parts of economies for centuries. In reality it's the ridiculous hyper linear economies we have had since the 1940s or so are the new concept. And a broken one, glad to see companies like this.

[@Panacamanana]

Followed CameraRescue for so long now, it's such a treat to see them on this channel. Thank you!

[@criznach]

I like this 10 minutes per week idea. Think I'll move to Finland...

[@ryandellamico9126]

Never met a Fin. Very interesting people. So even paced. And literal😂

[@only4giga]

I love these hour(s) long shop/factory-walk videos so much. Of course there is the technical aspects that are interesting to see, but also the people behind the scenes. Also, i guess it has been said thousands of times before, but Destins curiosity and interest in the topic is just infectious to me. Only complaint i have is that the video wasnt long enough, would have loved to see more. 😄

[@burkcw]

So much analog technology thought to be useless is now valued for its tactile elegance. 4 years ago an excellent camera had little market value and now has a value that exceeds the original price. Amazing. I miss the one hour film processing that was omnipresent 20 years ago. The OM 1 was my first love. Kodak Brownie was my first basic camera in 1960. Big old black and white 126 film that I could barely afford along with processing. Every picture is a treasure from those cameras.

[@UNLKYHNTR]

Analog photography just makes you feel some kind of way. It's somehow a very comforting feeling, makes you feel all warm inside. No amount of editing can get it right, digital still looks digital. Fuji comes close with its film simulations, but analog is still King. Thanks for the tour, Destin!

[@erikvanderbijl6305]

Can i just give props to the person doing subtitles? they are incredibly professional.

[@sormiliha]

Jukka is the kind of an Finnish guy that takes no nonsense, but when you get through their shell they are solid for life.

[@trespire]

Cameras are a mechanical work of art, and a time machine. I like their philosiphy of circular economy, and reviving value and skills. Kamerastore are a very interesting company.

[@Larpy1933]

That was fantastic! Thanks to our host for all the good work and thanks to the people of Kamerastore for letting us see behind the scenes. I’m grateful for the work going on in Camerastore.

[@Kamerastore]

Thank you!! We are always happy to share what we do here, as you might have seen we are not always the best with communication.

[@ssc00p]

@@Kamerastore Communication problem solves itself when finnish becomes the international language...

[@Nyx_2142]

@@ssc00p Swedish will still be ahead of Finnish in the line.

[@Loganalog]

I am a Ricoh repair technician mostly copiers. I am in possession of several boxes of cameras that i rescued from my grandfathers. I am slowly but surely taking my repair skills and learning camera repair. Ive been a huge fan of what they are doing in Finland. I would love to see something like their repair school in the US.

[@LindaMaricas]

I'm Finnish and last year I was looking for a used Canon 100 mm macro lens for my new R8, and I was positively surprised that this random store I found on google was actually Finnish :) I had no idea they had this kind of large operation though, very interesting

[@lucasrem]

The mount will fit, full sized Chip cams are compatible.

[@LindaMaricas]

@@lucasrem ?

[@lackoliver55]

I was drooling this entire episode... Have wanted to do the camera tech school ever since I first heard about it. Then COVID hit. Happy to see it being reignited this year. My circumstances have changed, but hope it remains sustainable for the Kamerastore and is available when I am able again to sign up!

[@scwfan08]

Finnish people "trying" to speak to strangers is always funny 😂

[@advanturemagazine]

We just got our first camera from Kamerastore, a beautiful example of a Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 point and shoot. Thanks for the BTS!

[@LucasGeniar]

I want to live in that repair shop! Amazing tour, love the whole idea behind it. Great to see people taking soo much care of old camera's My wallet is probably going to disagree while I browse their webstore. Thanks for this one, a real gem.

[@Ounouh]

I made the mistake and checked their site thinking there' no harm (to my wallet) just for checking...

[@stfnsipos]

Thank God there is someone out there who can yet apreciate human work.

[@sculptor6167]

Hey Destin! I hope you enjoyed Finland! My fiancé is Finnish and I love Finland and it's people! The looks you were getting from the Finns seemed very familiar...I used to be a little too enthusiastic upon meeting someone new! Keep up the Great work Destin...and Good luckto Kamerastore!

[@jeromethiel4323]

Engineering knowledge loss is a very real thing. I work as a FSE for a company who sells industrial manufacturing equipment. There are electronic systems still making things today that haven't been manufactured for many years. Parts are almost non-existent for fixing these pieces of equipment, but even more importantly, people who know HOW to troubleshoot and/or fix these pieces of equipment are getting fewer and fewer, as nobody is learning these older systems. And while you can have manuals, manuals don't tell the entire story. There is simply no replacement for experience and bone deep knowledge.

[@brycepinson8641]

The smart company to make a new camera, specifically a simple point and shoot as the CR employee mentioned, is likely to be Pentax. Pentax is opening talking about working on one. Also Mint is another company working on one.

[@kentslocum]

I appreciate the nuance that this video provided regarding repairing consumer devices. While the right to repair is crucial for the circular economy, consumers also need to know when they shouldn't attempt to repair something themselves.

[@T3hJones]

Jukka for the win! :D

[@dudlesstheking]

Wow, thank you for the tour! At some point close ish to the end of the documentary (can't call it a clip now can I), I found myself smiling pretty hard, and realized have been doing that since a long time ago, probably close to the start of the video I'd say. Can't really remember last time I've so wholeheartedly enjoyed a video. The interactions you experienced there were so genuine and candid, people were passionate about what they were doing... such a lovely experience this must have been! Thank you for taking us along for the ride! 😁👍🤝

[@SteffDev]

So, I noticed something watching this video, people at Kamerastore are handling cameras very carefully, while Destin kinda just picks them up and throws them around, which I found very funny!

[@davidamoritz]

I took photography in high school and did some while I was in the Army there is nothing more satisfying than taking a roll you developed and then putting it in a enlarger and then watching that print develop and showing the image slowly come out.

[@Jonathan.Boring]

This honestly belongs on the main channel

[@Kamerastore]

He made a really cool shutter tested video with the old Leica device shown at the end of the tour.

[@Colonel_Obvious]

I love the idea that inspired Camera Rescue/Kamera Store. Keeping these wonderful machines alive and available for the future to enjoy. Keep living your dreams, Juho and Jussi!

[@Jasmic0137]

Excellent video Destin and team of Kamerastore! Very very cool! I think circular economy is great!

[@stefaanverlinde9726]

Thanks a lot ! Have bought quite some cameras and film from camerastore already ! They are great !

[@hotflashfoto]

I could see myself moving there and applying for a job, too.

[@Kamerastore]

We always have the door open to applications!

[@RyanMercer]

This was so cool.

[@SmarterEveryDay2]

kamerastore.com/smarter

[@sitaattiviiva]

This was super interesting video! I've visited Kamerastore three times: today to pick up a camera from the 30's, last Friday to pick up some paper and two weeks ago to pick up some light seal foam - and bought the t-shirt right up. I live 15 minutes walk away. This video really opened my eyes to what they are doing in there. Full respect. Plus they live on the right side of the best city in the world, TAMPERE! Easy to shoot on film here with companies like Photostella and Kamerastore answering the needs.