Approach the the old castle, open the creaking door, and avoid the large Tesla coil machine making lightning in the corner. Welcome to the
laboratory of Dr. Ernest. It is as near to Transylvania as most of us ever get...
Disregard the shrieking. It is just the staff looking at the latest work roster. Pay them no mind. Look on the bench...
Notice the
Canon camera sitting with the lens off, and strange wires leading from the inside...leading to the dismantled
Voigtlander lens nose-down on the workbench. Now listen and watch as Dr. Ernest triggers the continuous exposure drive of the camera and captures the result in slow motion...
Notice how the actuator lever in the lens bounces back and forth as the diaphragm of the lens is stopped down - and how it comes to the end of its travel and meets as simple a device as a brass wire to arrest it...
See the shutter open in perfect synchronisation with the diaphragm, even though the camera is banging away like a maxim gun. And look into the mysterious depths of the camera at the living, breathing sensor...sensing things...
Notice how every paragraph ends with three dots...
Behold! Dr. Ernest breathes life into the separate parts! Behold! He knows how to make them operate in unison! Behold! He knows how to put them back together again and not end up with extra screws and springs! The science of the Repair Department! Life!
And one last thing...
