Questions tagged [repair]

For questions about the repairing of equipment.

Things get broken. When they do you need to know if they can be repaired, whether or not it's something you can do yourself, if it's a professional job or even whether it's cost effective.

Post as much detail as possible on what the damage is and how it was caused.

Post photos of the damage.

Post more information on the equipment - such as it's age. These things will affect the economics of the repair.

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remove the rewind button

I am trying to repair my old analog camera. I have mirror that occasionally locks up, which can apparently be fixed with a drop of oil. For this I have to remove the bottom plate. Apart from a few simple screws, it is held back by the rewind button…
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How to repair when a DSLR was infected by computer worm or virus?

It happened to me just now. I thought at first it was my SD Card that was infected, so, I scanned it and even reformatted it, then it was okay. But when I inserted it to my DSLR, and took some shots, again, all the pictures were gone. So I decided…
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How do I clean the lens on my Sony P200?

My P200 has a mark on one of the inner lenses. An example of the smudge marks is here (above the green house). The smudge appears in every photo in the same spot. I did some stuff on my own, but the smudge remains. Is there anything else I can do?
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My secondary mirror won’t go up with the main mirror?

I don’t see that anything is broken it just doesn’t follow the main mirror i push it up manually and it stays up but when taking a picture it doesn’t go up with the main mirror it stays down making my pictures have a black band .. can I DIY it…
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How to start with camera repair?

I love to disassemble and repairs things and there are some defective DSLRs on eBay. I see that there some people who actually buy them. Im pretty sure that there are people who buy these and try to repair them. I would like to know where they could…
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