Source for tiny springs?

[newfilm]

Hello guys, between my butter fingers and lack of illumination workspace I accidentally over-pulled one of the tiny springs in my RF folding camera while attempt to take out the lens from the body and clean it.

The tiny spring will not retract back to its original state anymore 🙁

I wonder where could be the place to source such tiny springs? (this one is 1cm in length and 2mm in diameter, has a close loop on each end to pull back the shutter release), right now I'm using a smallish rubber band as a temporary patch job.

Ofcourse from parts camera is an options but I would like to know where do you guys gets the tiny spring? I tries the local hardware store and their spring is bigger than my camera.

 

[sevo]

Micro Tools have some springs and spring assortments. And there are many spring makers and distributors with a online presence, many even with online shops searchable by specification and shipping individual items. For example https://www.federnshop.com/en/products/extension_springs.html (these are shipping from Germany and want payment by bank transfer, easy from within the EU, but a possible problem for USAians).

 

[newfilm]

oh wow! springs HEAVEN! 😱