Film camera repair - Camera bodies, lenses and accessories

Diagnosis, cleaning, repair, adjustment and customization for film photography equipment: 35mm SLRs, rangefinders, TLRs, medium format and lenses.

Camera bodies

35mm SLRs, medium-format TLRs, rangefinders and mechanical compacts. If it has a film spool inside, I can usually bring it back to life.

A film camera body contains hundreds of mechanical parts working together. After decades of use, oils dry, foams crumble and meters drift.

I mainly work on Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Minolta and Yashica 35mm cameras, plus Rolleiflex, Mamiya and Hasselblad medium-format systems.

Fungus on glass, oily aperture blades, loose or stiff focus rings. A lens can be opened, cleaned and reassembled in alignment.

The delicate part with older lenses is alignment during reassembly. A tiny shift can turn a good lens into a permanently soft one.

Fungus is not always a death sentence, but it should be treated before it permanently damages the coating.

Handheld meters, leaf shutters, interchangeable backs and accessories: the small ecosystem around the camera body.

Weston, Gossen or Sekonic meters can be recalibrated. Compur, Prontor and Copal leaf shutters can be stripped, cleaned and adjusted on the tester.

Hasselblad and Mamiya backs need reliable seals, counters and locks. Small parts can have big consequences during a shoot.

A second workshop for custom finishes: leatherette, colors and engraving. Mechanically unchanged, visually unique.

Original leatherette can be replaced with genuine leather, high-quality synthetic material or unusual textures cut to the exact camera template.

Top covers can be refinished, engraved or given satin, matte or brushed finishes while keeping the mechanism untouched.