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Feb 5, 2024 · Asahi Photo is a UK based repairer of PENTAX cameras, specialising in 35mm Film Cameras and Medium Format, they also repair lenses and offer camera servicing too.
Whether your 35mm film camera has stopped working, or you have noticed a change in its behaviour, we offer a range of repair, CLA, and refurbishment services. We can work on most models of 35mm film camera. We are based in the UK and have quick turnaround times.
Give us a call on 01422 368686 or contact us today. Our specialist team can repair & service all types of photographic equipment from DSLR cameras to flashing equipment. Come and visit us with your damaged items.
- Isolating The Problem with Your Film Camera
- Diagnosing Fungus and Haze on Your Camera Lens
- Checking Your Lens For Aperture Issues
- Diagnosing Shutter Issues
- Issues with Transport and Advancing The Film
- Impact Damage to Your Camera
- Setting Your Expectations with Camera Repairs
When you really think about it, the repair process truly begins at home, the moment the owner decides they are willing to invest in the wellbeing and longevity of their camera. Knowing what you are getting into ahead of time and doing some simple at home diagnostics can be extremely helpful in getting an idea of what a repair may cost and can accel...
By looking at the camera in this way, we can isolate the fundamental variables that must be assessed. No matter what kind of camera it is, it must have something to organize the rays of light into an image. This is usually a lens, with the exception of pinhole cameras. Lenses are a series of spherical segments of glass arranged in such a way that t...
Next, most lenses have apertures to control the amount of light and, for compositional reasons, the depth-of-field, or the amount of physical space that is in focus. Some very simple lenses have physical slots with circles that go into them called Waterhouse stops. Most apertures you will encounter are diaphragm style composed of a number of “blade...
The “predetermined amount of time” in the fundamental function of a camera is carried out by a shutter. This timing mechanism can be as simple as the photographer removing a lens cap, counting to ten, and putting the lens cap back on. These days you will most likely encounter focal plane shutters and leaf style shutters. Focal plane shutters domina...
By transport, I refer to the job of moving the film from one frame to the next. In later, more complex cameras, wise-guy engineers figured out how to make the advance stroke achieve a bunch of important tasks all at once. When you advance the Nikkormat, the lever: 1. Moves the film 2. Resets the potential energy of the mirror and diaphragm drive sp...
If you have made it this far, you are beginning to understand just how complex cameras are. They are doing an innumerable number of tasks all at one time. It is a miracle humans figured out how to make them at all! Now, you can also likely imagine how messy all these variables become when you add impact damage into the mix. Impact damage is so sini...
The closer a camera is to working, the faster it can be repaired, the fewer (if any) parts it will need to be repaired, and the less you will have to pay to get it working again. There is a spectrum of use and abuse, and where your camera falls on that spectrum usually determines how much it will cost to get it working again. If your camera has bee...
Organise a repair in your local Wilkinsons Camera store. Click the link now for camera, lenses, binoculars and other equipment repair.
Service. Rangefinder - £120-250. SLR - £150-250. TLR - £250-400. Medium format - £200-250. Leaf Shutter - £100. Lens with leaf Shutter - £150-200. Film Magazine - £75. We will email you a finalised quote for repair work once we have inspected the equipment before any repair work is carried.
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Even cameras that are broken or deemed unwanted deserve a second chance! We actively seek spare parts to breathe new life into these devices and contribute to the preservation of film photography. Share the details of what you have, and we'll reach out promptly.
