Photographic
Equipment
Repairs
Our
workshop can handle most repairs onsite. When you bring or
send
in your equipment for repair, please give us as much information about
the fault as
possible. Don’t be afraid to tell us if it has been
dropped
- even a small drop or knock can cause big problems, especially with
heavy or electronic equipment. Supply us with negatives and
prints if they show the fault. Sand and water can also cause
equipment failure, please tell us if you think it has been in either.
Repair
Specials...
Weston
meters -
IV, V, Euro
master etc: - It is quite common for the selenium cell to become
inefficient giving a low output, hence a low reading. We have
new
cells to rectify this problem. We can also replace the glass
over
the scale if you require.
Olympus
OM1 / OM2 -
These
cameras are two of our favourites. They do however have one
or
two problems. 1) Low meter readings - This is usually caused
by corrosion or a bad earth in the meter circuit. 2) Wind
mechanism
feels lumpy or needs two strokes to wind the film on; the wind pawl
mechanism needs servicing.
Olympus
OM1 / 1n -
The OM1 and
OM1n meter circuit was designed for use with mercury
batteries.
These batteries are no longer available for sale.
(Don’t
despair!) We can convert the circuitry to take a modern
available battery and calibrate the readings.
Pentax
ME / ME Super
- Intermittent under or over exposures: - This is quite
common. The camera requires a service and adjustments.
Canon
T90 -
Shutter not firing: - Quite common, the release mechanism requires
repair and adjustments.
Canon
EOS 5 / 100
- The mode dial becomes loose or ineffective: - Requires a modified
mode dial to be fitted.
Minolta
X300 / X700
- Shutter
release problems: - This is also common. The camera has
corrosion
or leaking capacitors. We can usually clean the affected
parts
and replace any faulty capacitors.
Digital
SLR’s
-
Fuji S2 Pro, Nikon D1 / D200, Canon 400D etc: - Spots on the pictures
usually means the CCD requires cleaning. We can clean the CCD
if
this is the cause of the fault. Don’t try cleaning
it
yourself unless you know exactly what you are doing as you could
scratch the low pass filter. Express service available, please ask.
Digital
cameras using Compact Flash cards
- Canon 350D, Nikon D40, Nikon 5700 plus many others - Watch out for bent pins in
the camera or hard to insert cards. We get a lot of them in with
bent or snapped off pins, this can cause other problems. We
can
normally sort this out for you.
Kodak
Carousel projectors
- Slide magazine not moving on or slides shoot up into the air
– Service and adjustments are required.
Compur
shutter cameras
-
Rolleiflex, Hasselblad, Retina, Super Ikonta etc: - Shutter speeds or
delayed action sticks (quite common), requires service and adjustments,
sometimes a new main spring is needed.
Prontor
shutter cameras
- Agfa,
Ilford, Voigtlander etc: - Shutter speeds or delayed action sticks
(quite common), requires service and adjustments, sometimes a new main
spring is needed.
Binoculars
and Telescopes
- We
are getting increasingly more enquiries regarding fungus and alignment
problems with optical devices. Our workshop can successfully
remove fungus in most cases and set up alignment.
We
also repair flash units EG: - Bowen’s, Courtenay,
Elinchrom, Prolinca and Metz etc.
Eumig
P8 -
(standard 8 projector) rubber drive belts, usually in stock.
Please ask.
Sankyo
Dualux -
(dual 8 projector) rubber drive belts, usually in stock.
Please ask.
Over the past few years we are seeing increasing numbers of
lenses with
fungal growths. It is easy to check for: - open up the
aperture
and hold the lens to a bright light. If you see any dark
patches
which may look like cobwebs then the lens needs to be looked
at.
If you catch it in the early stages we can clean the affected elements.
Most cameras from the late 1960’s on, quite often
need the light
seal foam on the back door or mirror area replacing. We have
various thickness of light seal foam to accommodate most cameras and
can replace this for you if required. You can check the seals
yourself by touch; if they feel sticky they need replacing.
Leica
model 1 after restoration
This Leica 1 was totally striped and rebuilt by
us. The external
metalwork was gold plated and the body was covered in
snakeskin.
We were happy with the end result and so was the customer.
Leica
M6 ready for repairs
Cameras like the Leica M6 above use rangefinder optics to
set the
focus, which they also used back in the 1930’s. The
system
has stood the test of time. Modern cameras use electronics in
the
metering as in this M6. The camera pictured here required the
viewfinder lens frame to be repaired. It has various bright
line
frames, which set to the focal length of the lens fitted, EG. A 50mm
lens has a wider bright line frame than a 135mm.
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