Australian Repairers ??

[ARCHIVIST]

Does anyone in Australia repair mechanical cameras? Compur, Copal shutters etc.

Who oversease ( from OZ) repairs FSU RFs please?

Cheers
Peter

 

[markus_h_photography]

You can try contacting Nagami Camera Service. www.nagamicamera.com.au

He is an oldschool Japanese repairer who is extremely thorough and reliable. I used to deal with him back in my photographic retail days and always found him very meticulous.

Hope this helps.

 

[peterm1]

Try Ron at Twin City Camera House in Adelaide. He is the proprietor of the store but is also their repair guy which is how he started in the game. He has worked on any number of cameras and lenses for me (Leica and otherwise) and always does a good job. Very reliable and helpful.

https://www.facebook.com/Twin-City-Camera-House-240106799380769/

http://www.yelp.com.au/biz/twin-city-camera-house-adelaide

 

[lynnb]

Oleg on RFF and has been recommended by others:
http://okvintagecamera.com
http://okvintagecamera.com/repair.html
(located in Russia)

 

[michaelwj]

Check if Vic Plant can do it. Call Camera Exchange in Melbourne, they'll know. Otherwise, I'd be pretty sure Camera Clinic (also in Melboune) would be able to do it - for a price. I'd start with Vic.

Edit: I assume you've contacted Mainline in Sydney already? If not, start there.

 

[Ong]

If you're in Sydney:

For cheap and reliable FSUs and stuff (and some guarantee if something goes wrong) Mainline Photo.

For Leica stuff, I do recommend Kudos cameras. His repairer used to run Legend Cameras at the Dymocks building and was Leica trained and uses Leica equipment

For more electronic stuff (mostly Nikon) I'd suggest 5 Star Camera in York Street.

Oleg out in Russia isnt' repairing at the moment due to a fire.

 

[Mimoore54]

Shutter-Box in Camberwell, Melbourne, has repaired and serviced one of my Fed 2s and a Kiev 4 as well as several early Nikons.

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Ernest Cesar at Camera Electronic in Perth has been solid for me, although I can't say if they do FSU.

 

[ChrisN]

Ben Vang at Camera Check Point in Dubbo (http://www.cameracheckpoint.com.au/pages/about.html) has done good work for me on my Pentax LX and a Hasselblad 500 body. He was quite candid with me about the things he didn't work on (and which I can't recall at this time!). I should give him a call myself as two of my large format lenses need clean and lubricate.

 

[Johnmcd]

Ben Vang at Camera Check Point in Dubbo (http://www.cameracheckpoint.com.au/pages/about.html) has done good work for me on my Pentax LX and a Hasselblad 500 body. He was quite candid with me about the things he didn't work on (and which I can't recall at this time!). I should give him a call myself as two of my large format lenses need clean and lubricate.

I second Ben. He has done some work for me on my Mamiya 7 (and lens). Also converted a MR meter to new voltage. Very candid and great communication.

 

[mcfingon]

I can also recommend Ernest at Camera Electronic. He has done repairs and CLA on Leica IIIf and III for me, and is currently repairing my Sony A7S after accident damage.

 

[sc_rufctr]

Try Ron at Twin City Camera House in Adelaide. He is the proprietor of the store but is also their repair guy which is how he started in the game. He has worked on any number of cameras and lenses for me (Leica and otherwise) and always does a good job. Very reliable and helpful.

https://www.facebook.com/Twin-City-Camera-House-240106799380769/

http://www.yelp.com.au/biz/twin-city-camera-house-adelaide

I second Ron. True old school repair man. If he can't fix it no one can.

 

[ARCHIVIST]

Thank you to you all.
Two of the repairers mentioned I have tried and was not happy with the results but there is a lot of others to try thanks to the volume of replies. Will let you know how I get on.

Cheers
Peter