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Camera Repairs, Service and Repair, Services at Newton Ellis

  Camera repair

 

Ex. Newton

Ellis & Co.

Est. 1948

  

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.

Why not download our booking-in form, it helps to speed things up and can be viewed and printed out in Word or WordPad.  It also has some useful posting and packing information.  Please print it out and complete the form making sure to write clear and include a contact phone number and email address.

 

Booking-in Form

This is a list of the cameras we will look at when we start up in mid March 2025.

 

Olympus OM-1, 2, 3, 4 plus most prime lenses.

Nikon F, F2, F3 plus most prime lenses.

Leica - most bodies and lenses, such as M3 etc.

Rolleiflex and Rolleicord TLR cameras.

Some Canon and Nikon rangefinder cameras.

Some folding cameras such as Super Ikonta, Agfa Isolette, Kodak Retina IIIC etc.

 

This is just a guide of what we will look at.  You can always contact us to see if we will look at your camera or lens.

 

General operating information.

 

As we are working from our home workshops we will have to take repairs in by post only. 

Payments will have to be by bank transfer only.  We will email you payment details when a repair is completed.

All communications will be by email.  See out contact page for details.

Repairs Page

As we have closed down in December 2024 this is general information on cameras and lenses which may help users.

Most common repairs...

 

Digital cameras with spots on your pictures - Most digital cameras will suffer from this problem especially DSLR's.  Dust and other debris build up on the filter in front of the sensor (CCD) and as a result show as out of focus blobs or fuzzy marks on your pictures.  Some people try to clean it themselves and cause other problems like scratching the filter or damaging the shutter blades.  It is best to have it cleaned by someone who knows what they are doing.

Digital cameras with cracked or dead LCD screens - Many cameras such as Sony - A350, T200.  Nikon - D7000, S220.  Lumix - TZ80, FX-01.  Canon - 600D,  Ixus 90.  Fuji - J10, S9000 and many other models can have this problem.  You will have to find a repair company who can replace the LCD viewing screen.  Sometimes the plastic window over the LCD screen cracks and needs replacing also.
 
Digital cameras using Compact Flash cards - These cameras have two rows of pins within the camera body and can bend or snap off.  Symptoms are - hard to insert memory cards or an error message such as CF Error etc.  We recommend removing the battery ASAP as it could short out the camera causing other problems. Then get it to a digital camera repair company for repair.
We also recommend having any cards you intend to use again checked over because if there is any damage to the card it can bend the pins again.

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.  These are mechanical film cameras and do need servicing from time to time.  We can repair and service them.

Film cameras 1960's onwards - Most cameras from the late 1960’s onward, quite often need the light seal foam on the back door and mirror buffer area replacing.  You can buy kits on the internet for many camera and replace them yourself or find a repair company who can do this.  You can check the seals yourself by touch; if they feel sticky or hard and crumbling then they need replacing.

Compur shutter cameras - Rolleiflex, Hasselblad, Super Ikonta etc. - Shutter speeds or delayed action sticks (quite common), requires service and adjustments, sometimes a new main spring is needed.  Also all Copal shutters - 00, 0, 1 etc. can be repaired and serviced.  We will be looking at some of these for repair and service.

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.

Fungus growing in camera lenses or optical parts - Fungus can grow on the coatings of lens elements or prisms etc.  If we catch it in time they can be successfully cleaned.  Your lens can be checked by setting it to maximum aperture (on most removable lenses) and look though it with a good light source.  If you see cobweb type marks or just simple lines it could be fungus.  We will be looking at at some prime lenses for repairs please ask if we do your lens.