Harry Lime
Practitioner
Can anyone recommend a reliable Nikon repair shop in the US?
My F is dead and the film advance clutch in my F2 is starting to slip (out of a 36 frame roll it usually jams around frame 28).
Thanks in advance
My F is dead and the film advance clutch in my F2 is starting to slip (out of a 36 frame roll it usually jams around frame 28).
Thanks in advance
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Try Zacks in Providence RI -- zackscamerarepair.biz
Paulbe
Well-known
Jim at Vermont Camera Works is also great.
vermontcamera.com He has reasonable rates a fairly fast turnaround.
vermontcamera.com He has reasonable rates a fairly fast turnaround.
semi-ambivalent
Little to say
You don't say where you are but I've sent Fs twice to Midwest Camera Repair and they did solid work for a fair price. Online estimate web page too.
Harry Lime
Practitioner
West coast, but I'm wiling to ship to anywhere in the US or Canada.
They just need to be reliable. I do some paid work with my cameras and need the Don Goldberg of Nikon shops.
aoresteen
Well-known
Ever since Pete Smith died in Oct 2011 I have no idea where to send Nikon stuff.
I too would like to know who the Don Goldberg of Nikon is.
I too would like to know who the Don Goldberg of Nikon is.
M Currie
Member
I second Jim at Vermont Camera Works.
Jan Pedersen
Well-known
Advance Camera in Portland OR. http://www.advancecamera.com/
I bought an F from 1970 a couple of years ago, the last in my little F collection. I knew that the camera almost certainly would need a service but it was a one family owned and in otherwise very nice condition camera.
The slow shutter speed settings did not work and the meter did not work either. Both were fixed and the camera is now as reliable and as accurate as a new.
Jodi Fisher does her magic on these older Nikon's, give them a try.
I bought an F from 1970 a couple of years ago, the last in my little F collection. I knew that the camera almost certainly would need a service but it was a one family owned and in otherwise very nice condition camera.
The slow shutter speed settings did not work and the meter did not work either. Both were fixed and the camera is now as reliable and as accurate as a new.
Jodi Fisher does her magic on these older Nikon's, give them a try.
Harry Lime
Practitioner
Oh, yeah. Of course....
Harry Lime
Practitioner
thanks everyone for the suggestions.
puderse
Established
My old F
My old F
In the midwest there is Dave's Camera Repair, just west of Detroit.
CLA'd and repaired the film counter on my F that I bought new in '71 that had finally gotten the slows at slow speeds and CLA'd an FS Nikkormat. New seals on both. Reasonable price and turn-around.
My old F
In the midwest there is Dave's Camera Repair, just west of Detroit.
CLA'd and repaired the film counter on my F that I bought new in '71 that had finally gotten the slows at slow speeds and CLA'd an FS Nikkormat. New seals on both. Reasonable price and turn-around.