Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Chapter 1 Repairman

“It can’t be fixed, it can’t be fixed!”

Looking at the heavy lens in his hand, Kang Chi sighed distressedly.

The young man across the counter became anxious immediately after hearing this.

He looked at Kang Chi with a hint of pleading: "Aren't you very good at repairing lenses? Why can't you repair them? Help me find a way. The price and everything are negotiable!"

"Your lenses are broken, how can I repair them?" Kang Chi shook his head resolutely, "If you have spare lenses, you can try to repair them..."

"But this is an Angenieux 16-300mm. Where can I disassemble the parts for a lens worth hundreds of thousands? You can only return it to the factory for repair!"

When he heard the words "return to the factory for repairs," the young man's face suddenly turned pale.

He obviously also knew that the price of returning it to the factory for repairs was absolutely astronomical.

Looking at the ashen-faced young man, Kang Chi couldn't help but sympathize with him and sighed helplessly.

As the world's top film zoom lens manufacturer, Angenieux has led the design and development of zoom lenses from the beginning and has become a heavyweight equipment supplier to the film industry.

But its high price also makes it out of reach of ordinary film crews.

At the same time, except for top photographers, ordinary people cannot control it.

The young man standing in front of Kang Chi is obviously not one of the "top photographers", so...

"Are you the camera assistant? Did you accidentally drop the camera?"

The young man nodded with difficulty.

"The crew didn't buy insurance?"

"Bought it."

"Then you're afraid of a hammer!"

"But if hundreds of thousands of lenses are dropped like this, let alone our crew tomorrow, the entire Hengdian camera crew will probably know about it. Who will dare to work with me in the future?"

Kang Chi suddenly realized: "That's right..."

Although the crew bought insurance for the equipment, just like a car, the premium will increase if there are too many accidents, and it is much more expensive than car insurance...

Therefore, if anyone damages equipment on the set, it is a trivial matter to have his wages deducted and fined, but the reputation of being careless is fatal.

The most indispensable thing in Hengdian is group performers, followed by "skilled migrant workers" who are eager to climb up.

Kang Chi could only comfort him: "You are still young, it's time to change your career..."

"But I just want to be a photographer, I want to make movies!" The young man pulled his hair in pain, "Is there really no other way?"

"Really not." Kang Chi spread his hands, "Except Angenieux, not even Soni and Canon can make this kind of lens. Angenieux doesn't sell accessories, so apart from finding a lens of the same style and disassembling the accessories, the only other option is Being able to return to the factory and be slaughtered..."

The young man put away the camera silently, and when he left, he couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "These foreign manufacturers are always cutting our leeks like this, why is there no domestic company to come out to do it for them?"

Do An Qin?
Kang Chi immediately laughed...

The domestic digital camera field in this world is worse than what Kang Chi was in his previous life!

In my previous life, there were domestic brands such as DJI, Yongnuo, and Laowa. Especially DJI, which started out as aerial photography drones, has penetrated a lot of market share into the high-end film and television field.

However, DJI's products are not cheap either. They become more and more expensive in the future, which has cut the Chinese people's leeks...

But in this world, even if you cut off your own people’s domestic products, they won’t make a difference.

Whether it's mid-to-low-end home digital cameras, professional-grade SLR cameras, or even mobile phone lenses, no one in China is good at it, let alone a lens factory like Angenieux that specializes in the high-end film and television field.

They can only be crushed from all sides and cut off the whole people.

As the saying goes, photography will fail three generations, and SLR will ruin a life. Photography is the art of using light!
But twice as much in this world!
Some people may think that since I don’t do photography or buy camera equipment, foreign capitalists can’t cut leeks off my head.

This is as ignorant as people who don’t own cars or drive trams feel complacent when gas prices rise.

If shooting equipment is expensive, it will be reflected in countless consumer fields.

For every product that you want to promote, the first thing you need to do is take photos or videos, and then promote it.

And every penny added in this link will eventually fall on consumers.

For example, movie tickets are more expensive, short video ads are more expensive, video membership is more expensive, and even the takeout you order will be more expensive.

Perhaps most people will not feel this kind of cost sharing at all, because it is indeed a bit insignificant.

But you give me a share, and the 14 billion people in the country are 1400 million. How much wealth will be harvested over time?

Kang Chi couldn't do anything about it. In his previous life, he was just a small business owner who failed to start a business. After traveling through parallel time, he was just a digital camera repair shop owner with good skills.

Good manual skills and a small amount of entrepreneurial experience are a good combination. During this time, Kang Chi also worked on an online store called Daqin Optics.

People who have played photography may know that there is an online blogger named Cangye. Because he is good at handicrafts, he made some toy-like DIY lenses and sold them online. Netizens ridiculed him as Daqing Optics.In fact, to say that it belongs to the Qing Dynasty optics is an exaggeration. Cangye Technology's products are full of plastic and cannot even match the accuracy and imaging effects of the lenses of the Qing Dynasty. It is clearly a joke.

But this kind of product has been popular for a while, and many people buy it.

Most of the buyers are just looking for something novel. After all, they just bought a toy for a few dozen yuan.

More and more people are joining in this consumption downgrade.

While complaining, it smells really good.

After all, a lens is cheaper than the original lens cap, so it’s not a loss after all, right?
Perhaps, there is also a sense of resistance against the sky-high price of foreign lenses?
It's a pity that Cangye Technology never thought about making lenses seriously from the beginning, and he didn't have the ability.

Whether it is autofocus or lens coating, it is much more difficult than ordinary optical design.

After Cangye became popular, it also tried to launch an 300mm lens that cost more than 85 yuan. This lens was made of metal and had a much better quality, but the sales volume was not good, and the investment cost was completely out of proportion to the revenue and expenditure.

Later, Cangye moved to farms and B&Bs, and Cangye Technology’s products basically stayed at those toy lenses.

The store Kang Chi opened, "Da Qin Optics", which has a homonym with Da Qing Optics, sells his own DIY toy lenses.

But unlike Cangye's playful mentality, Kangchi still wants to make a real lens product.

Just like domestically produced cars driving down the price of joint venture cars,
Even if it saves everyone from being cut off, that would be great!

pop-

The sleepy Kang Chi patted his cheek and stopped dreaming.

After checking the time, he quickly returned to the workbench and continued the previous maintenance work.

This is an F-mount manual prime lens. It’s a bit old, so the focus ring is stuck.

The collection value of this kind of lens is far greater than the use value. In fact, there is no need for much maintenance.

If you have the money, you can buy another one.

But the customer insisted on repairing it, and it was urgent. He would pick it up in an hour.

It is a fool to have money and not make money.

Kang Chi's fingers flexibly disassembled the lens, cleaned, polished, and lubricated it, and successfully repaired the lens in less than 10 minutes.

“It’s so fast to repair a manual lens!”

He adjusted the focus ring with satisfaction, and suddenly found a virtual panel appearing next to the lens.

[Item: Ni Kang Ai Auto 105mm F2.5 lens]

[Manufacturer: Ni Kang Image]

[Item level: 1]

[Experience: 100/100 (non-maker, cannot be upgraded)]

[Mastery Points: 1]

[Item status: old, resolvable]

???

What's happening here?
Kang Chi was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized something, and the corners of his mouth trembled with excitement.

"Goldfinger!!?"

Of course Kang Chi knows about this time-travel benefit!
He quickly began to study his system.

"Non-manufacturer, can't upgrade?"

Does this mean that if you are a manufacturer, you can upgrade?
Kang Chi quickly found the plastic lens he had rubbed out by himself that morning.

[Item: Daqin Optics 50mm F1.4 lens]

[Manufacturer: Kangchi]

[Item level: 1]

【Experience: 0/100】

[Mastery Points: 1]

[Item status: intact, no analysis items]

Looking at the transparent panel above the lens, Kang Chi suddenly smiled.

Sure enough, the golden finger has arrived.
This panel was definitely not there when he was rubbing the lens!
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(End of this chapter)