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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 such as digital cameras.  Supply us with negatives or prints if they show the fault.  Sand or water can also cause equipment failure, please tell us if you think it has been in either.


Repair Specials...

Canon EOS 5 - The mode dial becomes loose or ineffective - Requires a modified mode dial to be fitted.

Canon T90 - Shutter not firing - Quite common, the release mechanism requires repair and adjustments.

Digital cameras using Compact Flash cards - Canon 400D, Nikon D70, 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.

Digital SLRs and compact cameras - Cracked LCD screen - This is a common problem, the LCD screens are made from very thin glass and can crack if pressure is applied to the outer plastic window.  It can also crack if the camera is subject to a knock or being dropped etc.  We can replace the LCD screens on most cameras, please ask.

Digital SLRs - Fuji S2 Pro, Nikon  D200, Canon 400D, Sony Alpha, Olympus E500 etc. - Spots on the pictures usually means the CCD (sensor) 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 or mark the low pass filter which covers the CCD.  Express service available, please ask.  Spots on pictures can also happen on the smaller compact digital cameras, we can help if you have this problem.

Film cameras 1960's onwards - Check for sticky light seals around the film door, hinge etc. also in the front of the camera near the mirror. The foam light seals usually break down and become sticky or crumble away, we can fit new seals if required.

Kodak Carousel projectors - Slide magazine not moving on or slides shoot up into the air - Service and adjustments are required.

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.

 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.  We can also replace the prism in the viewfinder if it is starting to deteriorate or discolour.

Olympus OM1 / 1n - The OM1 and OM1n meter circuit was designed for use with a 1.35v mercury battery.  These batteries are no longer available for sale in the UK.  (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.

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 and sort out sticking meter needles.

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 can also repair flash units - Bowens, Courtenay, Elinchrom, Prolinca and Metz etc. please check with us first.

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 successfully.

Most cameras from the late 1960’s onward, 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 or hard and crumbling they need replacing.


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