(the camera was $1 untested, but I also got a second which was $30 for parts, but had pics of it turned on... thot I would swap parts btwn & get one working... but both are pretty clean & turn on. $1 one has a lens error, might be able to fix)

(it's an "autofocus error" so I'm hopeful it's just like a messed up ribbon cable or something - the lens extends and opens fine, which I feel like is usually the hardest thing to fix. We'll see after work)

🎉I fixed the $1 fuji f700🎉
Which is to say I took it all the way apart, couldn't find anything obviously broken, put it back together, then left it on long enough that it retracted the lens on its own...

and when I turned it back on again the lens error was magically gone

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