A public thank you to Martin

[traveller]

This is just a public thank you to a fellow IIS member Mill (Martin).
My D70s blow a fuse in late Nov when I mounted an older nikkor lens on the body without stepping down the aperture ring and locking it. Martin offered to help me fix it.
Cut a long story short, I got the fuses from the US (size of half a grain of rice each :eyepop:) and dropped my camera off to him before Xmas. He PMed me after New Year saying it's all fixed. Picked it up this morning, all good :thumbsup:
Looking at modding the camera at a later stage, as I am in the process of upgrading my DSLR.
I am very grateful for Martin's kindness and glad to have met him through IIS and Snake Valley Camp!
Bo

[renormalised]

Another generous act.....great going:):)

[DavidU]

Nice work Martin.:thumbsup:

[erick]

Thank goodness you didn't ask him to remove the IR filter :scared:

OK, that's history :D Marty is number one good guy! :thumbsup:

[mill]

OI!! It worked perfect right from the kitchen table without opening the camera up :rofl::rofl:
A hook and a pull, a hook and a pull :bashcomp:

[ballaratdragons]

Yes Bo, I agree. Martin is fantastic. :clap:

Last year one of the club computers was playing up and Martin came all the way up to Snake Valley to pick it up! (3 hours drive for him).

Then when he fixed it he drove all the way to Bacchus Marsh (a good half-way meeting point) to drop it off to me while he was on his way to another Job in Melbourne!!

[mishku]

Onya Marty :thumbsup: :D

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: yay good on ya Martin :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Rob_K]

That scene is burnt into our collective memory Eric! Utterly fearless, going places where mere mortals dare not tread, oblivious to the heart attacks and weeping of grown men going on in the room around him. :lol: And yes, number one good guy! :thumbsup:

Cheers -

[mill]

Rob you're cracking me up :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[danielsun]

:rofl: :rofl: Yes, Marty may have some slightly unorthodox modification techniques :eyepop: :scared: :jawdrop: :lol: but he gets the job done and a top bloke! ;)

Onya Martin!:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.

[ballaratdragons]

:lol:

I remember it well :eyepop:

Here is the story for those folk who have no idea what we are talking about;

Scene: Snake Valley camp
Location: The Kitchen work bench running through the centre of the kitchen
Project: Martin decided to remove the factory filter from his DSLR
Situation: About 8 people watching on as Martin opens up his camera
Tools/Implements: Kitchen Knife and other assorted Cutlery!
Process: Martin using Knives, Forks, Spoons and any other cooking or eating utensil he can get his hands on to remove said filter from DSLR
Outcome: Filter removed, 3 people vomiting from shock, 2 people fainted, 2 people mentally scarred for life, and 1 person committed to a Psychiatric Ward.

:screwy: :P :help: :lol:

This is a true story, that's what is so scary!

Result: Filter out and Camera is fine :thumbsup:
That's our Marty :lol:

[Hagar]

From memory his wifes Pentax DSLR and some very very red images of M42. It will go down in the history of Snake Valley. Makes James Bond look like sedentary old man.

[erick]

And if I've told you once, I must have told you a billion times, we never exaggerate at Snake Valley! :whistle:

[traveller]

I wonder what he can do with a Swiss army knife? McGuyver looks like a boy scout next to Martin, judging by Ken's account.
Bo

[ballaratdragons]

:P Too true!



A Swiss Army Knife?

Probably rebuild the engine of a Boeing 747 :lol:

[mishku]

Gosh, Ken, I think you're really underestimating him! :lol:

[ballaratdragons]

Yeah, your probably right Mish.

How about an Airbus A380 :lol:

[mill]

Funny bunch :rofl::rofl:
An Airbus A380 can be done with a tooth pick. :P

[ballaratdragons]

:lol:

It can be 'Downed' by a toothpick too :eyepop:

[DavidU]

:lol::lol::lol: great stuff (I now have asthma from laughing)

[DavidU]

Here is Marty fixing the laptop.:D

[mill]

Don't give me idea's Dave, don't give me idea's, hmm i have an idea for Ken's laptop, i have this beautiful sledge hammer in the garage :thanx: for the tip :lol:

[Jen]

:rofl::rofl::rofl:No dont give him any more ideas LOL
All cutlery will now be banned at snake valley :lol:

[mishku]

I want to see him turn my hair straightener into a combination soldering iron, espresso maker and toaster, using only a pipe cleaner and a tennis ball :D

[mishku]

... and a fork :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Grimmeister]

Perhaps he should change his name to macgyver Marty :lol:

[supernova1965]

Marty is actually this guy by the sounds of it:P:rofl:

[traveller]

I will be trusting my second hand EQ6 Pro to Martin once I get my dirty little hands on it. Maybe I should get him a set of screwdrivers as well :question::question::question:
Bo