contax T3 repair

[Cutly]

Hi,
Does anyone knows where to send a contax T3 in europe? My contax need a little repair, and I can't find anyone to fix it in france.
Adresses outside europe could be usefull too.
thanks,
t.

 

[morback]

Salut,

En France / Europe je ne peux pas t'aider mais aux Etats Unis il y Mark Hama et Nippon Photo Clinic. Dependemment du probleme ca va te couter entre $160 a $190 (ht) tant qu'ils n'ont pas a remplacer l'unite objectif/obturateur ($500+ d'apres Nippon Photo).

Can't help you much for France & Europe, but in the USA I've used Mark Hama and Nippon Photo clinic. I've typically paid between $160 to $190 for repairs (before taxes), depending on the issue. Replacing the lens & shutter unit is a $500+ expense.

My repairs consisted of a jammed shutter / lens barrel.

Mes problemes avec mes T3 se sont limites aux volets ne se fermant pas et a l'obturateur qui se coince / l'objectif ne voulant plus se retracter.

 

[Cutly]

Merci,
It's just a little problem with the battery : les piles se déchargent beaucoup trop vite !
thanks !

EDIT : I found mark hama's contact, but not nippon photo clinic, would you post it here?

 

[Vobluda]

Germany:
http://www.tritec-service.de/

(was an official Contax service while Contax was around; mine T3 received new spool with 2 pins there)

UK:
http://www.contaxcameras.co.uk/support/support.asp

 

[morback]

Nippon Photo Clinic
920 Broadway New York, NY 10010-8018
(+1) 212 982-3177

Battery issues can be many things that don't need repair...

Have you eliminated the battery itself as the issue? (aka, do you have a brand name battery in there or a cheap brand?)

Is it something that only happens in cold weather? (you have to keep this puppy warm, though I used mine in the NYC snowstorms recently and it performed splendidly.)

Clean contacts?


Hope you don't have to send it out. Superb camera.
m.

 

[Cutly]

Yes, I changed many time my batterys to be shure, but I didn't tried to clean contacts. I just did it even though they didn't seemed to be dirty at all.
And, no, apparently, it's not the weather, I thought the same way at first but it's not.
How would you clean contacts?
thanks for all.

 

[fbf]

If I recall correctly, Kyocera NY offers flat rate service ($17x) which covers both parts and labor.

 

[oliverlott]

sorry to bring this thread back, but how much are we thinking to just replace the shutter?

Thanks