SX-70 Refurb

[ABrosig]

Looking for community's help: Are there any repair shops out there that will work on a vintage original SX-70 Sonar? I inherited the camera my father got when they first came out and I'm starting to think it really needs a refurb. Thanks in advance.

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

My son sent his SX70 (film jamming inside) to a fellow in the US who was fairly well known for doing work on them. It came back no better, for $135.
I don't know who it was but I can ask him.

 

[Godfrey]

Gary and the rest of the crew at MiNT Camera in Hong Kong have been doing a very good job of promoting, refurbishing, and upgrading Polaroid SX-70 cameras over the past few years. They've done me very well with my cameras and accessories... A quote from the "After Sales/Service page of the website:

Repairs

Email subject title: “Repair - I need a treatment for my (item)”

MiNT offers refurbishment, cleaning and maintenance service to Polaroid SX-70 and Automatic Land Camera. If you wish to have a checking service for your camera, you can bring it to our retail store or ship it to MiNT Factory Space from your country. Remember to write down your contact information and problem of your camera in the parcel. Our repair specialist will quote you the exact repairing fee within 1 week and you will be informed before we start unscrewing your camera. Fixed cameras will have one month warranty on the repaired parts.

Please notify us by email before you ship the camera from a long way to Hong Kong.

See the MiNT Camera website for all of their offerings and services.

G

 

[wjlapier]

I haven't used these guys but might if my Sonar needs help. For now all that is needed is new leather.

http://www.brooklynfilmcamera.com/services

 

[james.liam]

The effort and cost of repair seems to exceed the cost of a newly refurbished one.

 

[Mackinaw]

Polaroid Originals (old Impossible Project) can repair the original SX-70.

Jim B.

 

[BWF]

I haven't used these guys but might if my Sonar needs help. For now all that is needed is new leather.

http://www.brooklynfilmcamera.com/services

I had an SX-70 Sonar serviced and reskinned by Brooklyn Film Camera. They did a great job.

 

[rulnacco]

If you're in the US, I can *definitely* recommend Retrospekt (https://retrospekt.com). I found a banged-up old Polaroid SLR 680 in a second-hand shop, and they sent it back to me (a bit over a month later) looking brand new. And when they return it, it comes in a very classy black box with the name of the camera on the outside, and a magnetic lid closure. I just ran two boxes of film through it yesterday.

I've also heard very good things about Brooklyn Film Camera (http://www.brooklynfilmcamera.com/services/sx70-repair). I'd definitely be willing to try them, but honestly I had such a great experience with Retrospekt, I'll probably use them again. (I also have an SX-70 I'll probably send it at some point for refurbishment, although it seems to be working fine at the moment.)