Need a repairman for my Olympus 35 S

[bigdawg]

I recently acquired an Olympus 35 S rangefinder camera that someone seems to have tried repairing. They did not do a very good job with it.

The film advance lever is not coupled to the Seikosha leaf shutter and doesn't advance the film.
The focus helical is not where it is supposed to be. The lens assembly sticks out too far.
As a result of the helical being mis-placed the rangefinder is no longer coupled properly.
The accessory shoe is missing.
The ring around the focus nearest to the camera body is loose.
The viewfinder window in the front has a glass panel that is loose.
The shutter probably needs a good cleaning as well as the whole camera.

I do not believe anything is broken or missing other than the accessory shoe and I would try putting things back in place myself but after having cataract surgery on my eyes I cannot see well enough to do this myself.

I asked my favorite shop V-Photo of Atlanta and William Matiz the owner said he no longer works on that model. Here are a few photos of the poor thing.

[mickeyobe]

I don't want to sound hard hearted but RIP.

It is a fine parts camera.

Mickey

[photax]

That is really too bad. I have a drawer full of " tried to repair" cameras. As Mickey said, sometimes they will end up in the spare parts box.

MIK

[bigdawg]

It may wind up there but I'll give it a good ole college try. Have to drag out the magnifying glasses and shoot a lot of digital photos of the tear down but I may be able to do this.

[clickiemcpete]

I wonder if the guys in NJ would tackle it? I've used camerarepair.com a bunch and they have been quite good. They have turned me down on one or two fixes but they have done a few oddballs and were great.

[bigdawg]

Mar 15, 2012 8:26:17 GMT -5 clickiemcpete said:

I wonder if the guys in NJ would tackle it? I've used camerarepair.com a bunch and they have been quite good. They have turned me down on one or two fixes but they have done a few oddballs and were great.

I've got them on my favorites list already. After further investigation this is a no go. Too many parts missing as someone had already gotten into it and lost some parts. Oh well. I'll try to get another one later.

[Berndt]

I don't want to sound hard hearted but RIP.

Looks like that Some cameras need to rebuilt from a few others. I bought three Canonets for getting one good out of them. But that's more an option if you are really into camera repair, but as you mentioned, that your eye sight is not that good anymore, I would just go for cameras, which are already working.

[grenouille]

I d'ont mean to discourage, but when you hit the 70s, your eyesight is not that good, your fingers seem to turn to stone, etc., that's the reason I do not build models anymore (I mean ships) and I look for cameras that work.

Hye