Nikon F/F2 Repair In The US?

chuckroast

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Is there anyone people recommend as being the Nikon F repair and CLA experts? I know many people work on these, but I am specifically looking for someone who is to Nikon mechanical cameras as DAG is to Leicas.

I have a Photomic FtN F Apollo body and an F2 Photomic that need to be CLAed and generally pulled back into spec. I realize this may cost more than the bodies are worth, but they are in terrific shape and I'd rather keep them knowing they've been tuned up.

I am in the center of the US but anywhere in CONUS is fine.

TIA!
 

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… and don’t be apologetic about wanting to restore the camera. “Worth” means vastly different things to different people and some interpretations are just wrong. If it’s worth it to you then that’s all that matters.
 

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United Camera Repair, Inc.
3830 14th Avenue
Rock Island, IL 61201

Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm CT Monday thru Friday & 9:00am to 12:00pm CT Saturday

Phone: 309-786-0950
Fax: 309-786-3211

Email Address: Service@united-camera.com

These guys are quite good, been in business since 1955.
 
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chuckroast

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BrianShaw said:
… and don’t be apologetic about wanting to restore the camera. “Worth” means vastly different things to different people and some interpretations are just wrong. If it’s worth it to you then that’s all that matters.
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My calculus is simple. I could sell my body, buy a "better" one and still not know whether the replacement was actually better. If I send my known, very clean, body and meter to a good repair shop, it will come back in great shape to use for a very long time.

I have a 1952 Leica IIIf, a 1961 M2, and a 1974 M5 for which this approach was used. All were CLAed within the last year, and all run flawlessly.
 

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I had United fix an old Fujica rangefinder, they fixed everything, I was surprised, worked like new. Beautiful old camera.
 

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That's been my argument for spending money to repair cameras - the devil you know...
 
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