Camera Body Repair: – Whether you’re restoring a treasured vintage camera or fixing a recently acquired classic, finding the right repair guide is essential. This page brings together links to film camera body repair guides, covering a wide range of brands and models. From shutter and winding mechanism repairs to viewfinder alignment, light seal replacement, and complete overhauls, these resources can help keep your camera working reliably. Whether you’re a collector, enthusiast, or professional photographer, making it easier to preserve and enjoy analogue photography.
Minolta X-700 Frame Counter Repair:– One of the most common faults with the Minolta X-700, X-500 and X-300 cameras is the frame counter failing. This is due to the small plastic stop on the counter disk shearing away. With the stop stud gone the frame counter spring will lose tension and the counter becomes useless. […]
A short guide on how to Repair Nikkor-Q 135mm f3.5 Lens. Nikon has been making the 135mm f3.5 lens since around 1959. The first version was around from 1959 to 1969 and was called the Nikkor-Q. The original lens had 4 elements in 3 groups and is easily recognised as its focal length on the […]
Repair Nikkor-S 35mm :- A short guide to servicing the Nikkor-S 35mm f2.8 Lens. Nikon has been making the 35mm f2.8 lens since around 1959. The first version was around from 1959 to 1962 and was called the Nikkor-S. The original lens had 7 elements in 5 groups and is easily recognised as its focal […]
The Nikon FTn finder in common with a lot of cameras from the golden age of film cameras contains a fair amount of foam. Like the Olympus OM-1, the Canon FTb and many others the foam around the prism slowly degrades. When it does the foam turns into a toxic goop that will de-silver the […]
Film Camera Service – There exists within the classic film camera fraternity something of a mythology about Japanese cameras being ultra-reliable. They will ‘oohh’ and ‘aahh’ about how their 40-50 year old camera still works. The truth is they are often unaware that, while these things were made to a quality that no manufacturer outside […]
Learn Camera Repair – Although film is making something of a come back, one of the areas that is a huge potential stumbling block is the fact that most professional technicians are now either retired or close to retiring. In the UK over the last few years a whole bevy of some of the most […]