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Ryan Livingston
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 09:37 pm: | 
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I have a Zeiss Ikon Contax IIa Color Dial that is in great cosmetic condition, BUT the shutter doesn't work. When I press the button the curtain just jumps a little...
I want to sell this camera, but I'd rather sell a working camera rather than a non-working camera, so I'd like to get it repaired.
Where should I take it? Should I take it to my local camera shop? Is there a danger they'd mess it up?
I want to get it fixed, but I really don't want to pay more than $160 or so if I can help it.
If I decide to not do it locally, does anyone know someone I can mail it to that is reliable? I found one guy that sounds reliable, but it's over $200. Camerarepair.com looks like $152, but I don't know anything about them...
Anyways thanks for any input!
-Ryan |
David Ritchie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 05:37 am: |
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Ryan..
I had a Contax IIa color dial shutter repaired by Essex Camera Service, 100 Amor Avenue, Carlstat New Jersey phone (201) 933-7272. I was very pleased with the service and the cost at that time, a couple of years ago, was in line with what you want to pay.Incidently, they removed a number of "Zeiss bumps" from the back of another IIa, and reused the leather to save the logo, and you cannot tell that any work was ever done. I think you should contact them. |
Mark Pearce
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 04:09 pm: |
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THE expert repairman for Contax of any sort is Henry Scheer (www.zeisscamera.com/). Not cheap, not at all, but the very best.
Mark P. |
John Shriver
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 12:59 pm: |
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Henry Scheer points out that bad repairs to a Contax IIa can easily do more harm than good. he prefers working on cameras that haven't been mucked with since they left the factory. |
Tim Laur
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 10:10 pm: |
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i have a 4x5 kodak view camera patented around 1895. the shutter still works. the interior of the camera is a dark red wood. the doors are opened with a push button, however the side door in which the film holders slide no longer snaps closed and hangs open. my primary concern is to find a way to repair the exterior surface which has become flakey & "spotchy?" I would like to fix the push button & especially the exterior covering. what can you suggest on how I can fix it or have it fixed? thanks |
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