I'm off to a bad start with my new-to-me Wisner Traditional and need some repair advice. I took it out of it's bubble wrap without noticing that the clips that keep it closed were a tad mis-aligned/bent and as such not fully secure.
I bet you can see where this story is going.....
I grabbed the camera by its carry handle and, in an instant, the entire bed and front standard deployed downward to the ground, sheering the rear standard away from the bed. The back is no longer attached to the bed, as pictured below; the wood basically separated at the joints on both sides of the back.
Is this something that can or should be repaired? And is it worth the likely expense of the repair?
I paid $575 for the camera from a merchant. It's my fault for not recognizing the clips weren't engaged. I get it! I also wonder, however, whether this thing has broken at that location before, based on the ease with which it separated....but I'll never know.
Should I send it off for repair, or should I consider this an omen and ditch the thing altogether? I don't want to spend $300 repairing a $500 camera.
Lastly, has anyone seen a failure like this before?
Thank you
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