Harrow Technical to close

Just checking out my SV and thinking a CLA is in order so went to the Harrow Technical web site to see if it's on their standard list only to see the following

DUE TO RETIREMENT, HARROW TECHNICAL ARE TO CEASE TRADING 29 MARCH 2018 AND ARE NOW NO LONGER ACCEPTING EQUIPMENT FOR REPAIR. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING THE PAST 22 YEARS.

A sad day, are there any others that Forum members can recommend for a standard film SLR CLA?

Shame indeed but I suppose we will all have had enough of our jobs eventually. I know I would have retired after my first year at work given the chance.

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I hope someone else in UK is equally capable of keeping your old Pentax cameras working.
Here in USA I don't know what we'll do when Eric Hendrickson retires...

Chris

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Bring back the latent image!

Asahi Technical/Camera in Brentford (Pramath is the guy) are the people I go to - fixed 2 Z-1s (servicing), the SDM on my 16-50 and the AF on my FA*28-70.

Come recommended.

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AKA Welshwizard/PWynneJ
Assorted Pentax/Nikon/Mamiya stuff

I have used his services as well - not necessarily the fastest, but that is because he has had to wait for spare parts to come in; link There was a fault he couldn't fix after several attempts and returned the item with no charge to myself - I recommend him as well.

Another guy is Alan Marlow link
Hope that helps

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Andy

Another vote for Alan Marlow he does great lens work.

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PPG Wedding photography Flickr
Concert photography

Currently on a Pentax hiatus until an FF Pentax is released

I use Alan for lenses and recommend him highly. I send my bodies to Eric when I am visiting the in-laws in the US.

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website

Me too.

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

Thanks to all for the input, I'll try Asahi Technical first

FWIW (& IIRC) if you take it to them yourself, you might get a bit of a surprise when you "arrive at the door" because "Asahi Technical" is/(was?) actually at the back of a small shop specialising in large scale models (planes & the like), and I'm not sure if there is any "Asahi Technical" sign in the shop window!

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

FYI
The "Asahi Photo" (not "Technical") website is here: http://www.asahiphoto.co.uk/ and the phone number is 020 8232 8111.

PS: now asked them (the website has a "Contact" form that you can use) if they can replace the aperture block assembly solenoid on the K-30 because - as I said in another thread just now - I would like to get the potential for that happening properly sorted out before it actually does fail!

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

Thanks again, I've used the contact form to enquire about a CLA

I was about to post the same sad news! Fortunately I received a mail from HT today to advise me that my Pentax ME F is ready to be returned to me, but then I saw the footnote! As Chris comments above even Eric in the States has to retire sometime.

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Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
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Update on Asahi Photo:

Just dropped my K-30 over there (only 10 miles away) for the aperture block solenoid to be replaced by the white one I had sourced from the US.

It should be done in around a week or so as I provided that solenoid because, when on the phone to them a few weeks ago, I was told that they used the "filing" method on the green solenoids. That said, I was also told today that they could actually get white solenoids if the customer is (obviously) prepared to pay extra for that and wait somewhat longer (but it would still have cost less and taken less time if I had known that 4 weeks or so ago - I think that will now be mentioned to anyone who enquires about similar repairs!)

Finally, for anyone with an old MZ-5 or similar film body, I found out that they can repair both the pop-up flash spring and the faulty internal film drive motors!

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

I'd be interested to know how much they charge for the cog change on the mirror motor of the MZ-5, did they mention a price?

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Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses