On the other hand buying a replacement could well be buying a lot of unknown problems, while repairing a camera that it known to have been working well means fixing one problem once. Doing the repair instead of buying is a much wiser choice. BTDT
Both raise prices when they need to. They do not do studies and investigations to figure out when and how much to raise prices to piss you off. It is business; it is not personal.
I was in the Grand Canyon National Park in the winter. They do not clear the snow at the observation areas so it got icy. Between people walking on the ice and snow and the melt freeze cycles the ice got thick, clear and very slippery. I took a fall and I did not notice the lens hood...
I got the 500mm C lens EX+ from KEH for a price that was not only so low that I could not pass it up [I was not looking for one] that I could not say no, but also so low that I will not post it.
When I owned a Mamiya C330 I used a Porroflex or a prism. The joy of eliminating the left right reversal was continued when I traded it in for the Hasselblad and I got the 45° PME [prism with a meter].
Nikon F100 is according to Samy's Camera sales people and repair people the best film camera Nikon made. The focus screen covers approximately 96% of the view. Reference: https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/f100specifications.htm Yes, I know it is from Ken Rockwell, but even a broken analog...
Now that you have done about all that you can do other than give it several hard wacks with a hammer, so send it in for a CLA and be done with the problem.
Hasselblad 250mm C lens
Hasselblad 500mm C lens
C lenses are much less expensive than the CF and later lenses plus each could be used with a 2X extender.
If you do an internet search for photo finishers who do film developing and optical printing in Hollywood California, there are still may small custom places that still do that work and would like the business.
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