Please recommend someone to CLA an old Lomo LC-A

A few weeks ago I bought a working LC-A on Etsy, and really like it. I like it so much, in fact, that I have since bought a new LC-Wide (which I really like as well). You can't beat having a camera in your pocket all the time!

However, it seems that my LC-A has started skipping frames (shutter does not fire), and I'm guessing that its mostly happening in low light. I just developed two rolls, and one had a bunch of blank frames (randomly distributed throughout the roll). Confusingly, the second roll (the most recently shot) was perfect: no blank frames at all. I'm hoping that it's an easy fix, but would like to send the camera for a CLA anyway. Can anyone recommend a shop/person to send the camera out to, preferably in the US?

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a shop (anywhere) that sells reliably CLA'd Lomo cameras (I suspect that buying a CLA'd one from eastern Europe might be cheaper than sending mine out to be repaired in the U.S, though repairing it would be my first option)?

Thanks,

FL

You may have a tech close at hand: Yourself! I performed one of my earlier successful CLAs with the aid of this guide:
http://www.cameramonkey.net/lomo-lc-a-shutter
Once you learn the basics, you can probably keep that LC-A running forever.

4season said:

You may have a tech close at hand: Yourself! I performed one of my earlier successful CLAs with the aid of this guide:
http://www.cameramonkey.net/lomo-lc-a-shutter
Once you learn the basics, you can probably keep that LC-A running forever.

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That's super helpful. Thanks!

You should just buy one of my Cosina CX-2s. It is what Lomo copied to make the LC-A, except of course Lomo made it of poorer quality.
Plus if comes with a "Motor Drive"! That you of course can remove. Lomo started to develop that but never followed through.
Plus it comes with the deep sea diving housing! Made for the CX-2 by Cosina! Perfect for those rowdy nights out! (remember those? Neither do I..)

Of course I put new light seals in the camera, and it works perfectly etc etc
$200 + $15.50 shipping. (USPS express post)

FYI that is not a crack in the glass on the housing. It is the hotshoe cable inside the housing.

Huss said:

You should just buy one of my Cosina CX-2s. It is what Lomo copied to make the LC-A, except of course Lomo made it of poorer quality.
Plus if comes with a "Motor Drive"! That you of course can remove. Lomo started to develop that but never followed through.
Plus it comes with the deep sea diving housing! Made for the CX-2 by Cosina! Perfect for those rowdy nights out! (remember those? Neither do I..)

Of course I put new light seals in the camera, and it works perfectly etc etc
$200 + $15.50 shipping. (USPS express post)

FYI that is not a crack in the glass on the housing. It is the hotshoe cable inside the housing.

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Damn, that's tempting. Let me do some back of the napkin math and get back to you ...

Huss said:

You should just buy one of my Cosina CX-2s. It is what Lomo copied to make the LC-A, except of course Lomo made it of poorer quality.
Plus if comes with a "Motor Drive"! That you of course can remove. Lomo started to develop that but never followed through.
Plus it comes with the deep sea diving housing! Made for the CX-2 by Cosina! Perfect for those rowdy nights out! (remember those? Neither do I..)

Of course I put new light seals in the camera, and it works perfectly etc etc
$200 + $15.50 shipping. (USPS express post)

FYI that is not a crack in the glass on the housing. It is the hotshoe cable inside the housing.

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Ok, after giving it some thought I'll have to pass. It's tempting, but I've more than enough cameras at the moment, and need to focus on maintaining and using what I already have. Thanks for the offer, though!

no prob! I'll post it in the classifieds!