hasselblad repairers in london

[blinkerz]

Anyone know a place to get hasselblads repaired in the london area.

 

[redsnapper]

Hasselblad in Elstree repair and give a 6 month warranty - 020 8731 3270
I just had a back repaired and serviced - perfect (but you would expect that to be so).
Haggle on their quoted price.

 

[blinkerz]

any of these do free estimates, dont want to find out the repair is more than buying another one

 

[joxby]

May we enquire as to the nature of the aforementioned repair requirement ?

 

[blinkerz]

I changed lens i think with it cocked on or uncocked or something, the lens when disconnected had the shutter blades seen. Couldnt get the lens on properly, and when i could it wouldnt wind on or fire another shot. Hassy only fires without the lens in place... On the meet yesterday someone turned the screw on lens with a penny and someone else pressed the pin in with a biro to release the blades as a reset. But... it didnt work and i tried different lens when i got home and it wont lock in place either.

Not sure if i broken the body or lens or both now feel kinda ****ed off now, hope i can get it fixed or buy another one at a similar price.

 

[joxby]

hmm, doesn't sound good, I think the lens re-attachment might be the bad bit.

b****r

this guy knows stuff

 

[blinkerz]

i would like to be able to find somewhere local or london to drop it in, get a estimate, if its too much to repair il buy another and then save the magazine part and have fun smashing this on the floor a few times

 

[blinkerz]

what the heck, i played around with it today,wouldnt fire then jigggled the hassy, and now its working again, fires and winds on..., scared to change lens now.

 

[CT]

You'll probably be OK. You just have to get into the drill of making sure the shutter is cocked when you change lenses or it can really throw it out of whack. Great camera, but very quirky in that respect.

Here's another link on how to unjam - with pics.


CLICKY

 

[blinkerz]

thanks CT, yeah i never really paid attention to making sure its cocked when change lenses.. still its something new ive learnt and nearly an expensive one at that.

 

[CT]

You have to wonder if Hasselblad couldn't have found a better way of engineering things, but the basic design hasn't changed that much since the earliest cameras.

Hasselblad say leave it cocked at all times - even when not in use or stored for long periods, mainly to aviod the jamming problem, but they also say it's immaterial from a camera care point of view whether it's cocked or not when not in use.