Classic camera repair

Refurbish and Repair Your Classic Camera. Let us refurbish your classic. We provide service for most makes and models but specialize in classic Leica, Hasselbla Rollei TLR , Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Minolta. We can do everything from a basic check and external clean to complete rebuild or overhaul of your camera and everything in between.

I began repairing old film cameras, because the traditional repair shops were closing and the repair people retiring or dying. Camera repair Inevitably, most vintage cameras will have one or more problems, and the more features the camera has, the more can be wrong with it.

However, most of these cameras are based on simple mechanics and with patience, dedication and the right tools many can be brought back to working condition. General repair info is located on my repair tips page. Part of my collection is focused on 19th century wooden view cameras made in the United States and they must be 4xor smaller in size.

There is also an additional notes page , for all the stuff that wouldn’t fit anywhere else. We at The Classic Camera have been trading in the heart of London’s photographic retail district for over years dealing in rangefinder cameras and high quality optics. Classic Connection LLC is a mail order camera company that specializes in collectable camera gear, as well as New and Used professional camera gear, and camera gear to meet the needs of the everyday user.

Care and Repair of Classic Cameras for Photographers and Collectors is a concise, precise publication for reading or reference that tells you how to buy, maintain, repair , and modify mechanical and electronically-controlled photo equipment. We are authorized US dealers for Leica ,Zeiss.

Stephen Gandy, who runs Rangefinder Forum, is trying to incorporate the Classic Camera Repair forum into RFF. I can service many of the classic manual focus slrs that no longer have factory parts available, and many cameras that other repair shops say are unrepairable. Gus can fix anything, and never leaves any tracks.

He fixes classic LEICA cameras, too, so Nikons. Repair usually means the cleaning, lubricating and adjustment of a camera to make it serviceable for the good working of taking pictures. This camera has an 8. Precision Camera and Video does most repairs here in house. Occasionally a repair will require special equipment or lack parts availability or service information, or require repair under the manufacturers warranty and will have to be sent to a factory authorized repair facility.

How long will the repair take? A few tools and books. Unlike the above Horseman 4× which was a whole process to set up and carry, this was actually a portable large format camera.

In fact, back in the day, it was the camera of choice for many traveling photographers and paparazzi. M color with 720×7resolution and multi-touch capability. If you get stuck and need some help, try posting your problem to the Classic Camera Repair Forum. I can highly recommend Pro Camera in Charlottesville VA, headed up by ancient camera guru Bill Moretz, and United Camera Repair in Rock, Island IL. I eventually got the picture (what a great pun).

I decided to offer repairs, using my own expert repairmen.

My classic camera tech worked in the Zeiss factory as a young man and for decades operated his own authorized Leica and Nikon repair shop. Four month warranty on labor. From the earliest cameras to the most modern, they’re all complex mechanisms with tiny screws, gears, and fussy specialized precision parts.

But we can fix any camera you can bring us—well, almost any one. Sometimes it only means straightening, cleaning, or re-aligning the original parts to give your camera new life. Buying and Testing a (Used) Classic Camera. Rules of Acquisition.

Going to the watch repair department of your DIY shop can also be fruitful. We offer an in-house repair service for film cameras and lenses, specialising in repairs to all mechanical cameras, in particular the classic marques that we carry, Leica, Hasselbla Rollei and Nikon. Our aim is to provide excellent service with a rapid turnaroun usually within a week. All of our repair work carries a guarantee of six months. Nikon,museum, classic lenses,, Uncategorized Hello, everybody!

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