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Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 02Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 03Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.Mostly human for now
- 04Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.Mostly human for now
- 05Requisition parts or materials.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments.Mostly human for now
- 07Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, or laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, or specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method, and operation sequence.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Measure parts to verify specified dimensions or settings, such as camera shutter speed or light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Fabricate or modify defective electronic, electrical, or mechanical components, using bench lathe, milling machine, shaper, grinder, or precision hand tools, according to specifications.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss4%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
24%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 58% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 58% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.
- Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
- Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.