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: Harrow Technical retirement
: chris667 March 15, 2018, 08:40:11 PM
Hello again. Lots of time online tonight!

Harrow Technical's website says that they are retiring at the end of the month, and not accepting any more repairs.

Damnit. Who am I going to send my Spotmatics to now?
: Re: Harrow Technical retirement
: Francois March 15, 2018, 09:19:38 PM
Good repair shops are getting more rare every year...
I guess you'll have to learn to DIY...
: Re: Harrow Technical retirement
: EarlJam March 15, 2018, 09:49:58 PM
In the US, Eric Hendrickson is considered to be the Pentax guru. I haven't personally used him, but have heard very good things about his work over the years.

http://pentaxs.com/index.html (http://pentaxs.com/index.html)
https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/columns/twenty-questions-eric-hendrickson-interview.html (https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/columns/twenty-questions-eric-hendrickson-interview.html)
: Re: Harrow Technical retirement
: Indofunk March 16, 2018, 12:06:24 AM
I sent my ME Super to Eric, and he fixed it. No complaints (which is actually a HUGE deal for me in the world of camera repairs ... oh the complaints I have for some so-called repairmen ;D )
: Re: Harrow Technical retirement
: Francois March 16, 2018, 01:48:25 PM
I agree with that. I've had one really bad experience with a local repair shop and decided to learn to do it myself as much as I can. I had a stuck Schneider lens, brought it to a camera store who sent it god knows where. When the lens came back, it was mis-reassembled and I ended up having to fix it myself. Lucky for me the camera store didn't charge me for it.

But I also had a terrific experience with Nikon Canada's repair service in Montreal.