I did all the same wrong things in the same order! Sad thing though I
was fixing the camera for a friend, and the original fault was just a
loose spring but ended up killing the whole thing.

> It's good to share.... :)
> Just found a well out of date disposable camera in my "bits" bin so I
> took it apart..... I've still got a large area of my vision that I
> can't see because the flash went off *whilst I was 2" away from
> it*.... Then I managed to put my demolition fingers across the charged
> capacitor... I'd forgotten how painful that was even on small
> flashguns! Perhaps it's true that with age you stop being able to take
> the things the same way you could in your youth..... Then I had the
> bright idea of shorting out the now mostly empty capacitor using a
> screwdriver!! Sorry to say but now all the magic smoke is gone (with a
> loud bang which has given me rather impressive tinnitis) and the
> camera no longer works....
>
> Now isn't that so much more fun than just throwing it away!!!
>
> Ben
>
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