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Recently I asked for advice on a place to get my Olympus OM-1
still camera overhauled. I received the following suggestions-


      Place (no particular order)          No. of votes

 Boulder Camera Repair Service, 1135 Pearl       2

 The Focal Point, 28th and Iris                  1
 
 Mike's Cameras, Pearl Street                    4
 
 Rocky Mountain Camera Repair, Denver            1
 


While Mike's looks to be the winner, note the following summaries
of comments from the mail and my own checking around-


Bldr Cam. Repair-  Sole proprietorship, repairs done on-site.
  Lowest quoted prices (eg, $55 for a 35mm camera overhaul)
  and fastest turn-around (a week).

Mike's Cameras-    Farm their repairs out to a shop in Longmont.
       Quoted prices at the higher end of the range (perhaps due
       to the farming out) - $85-105 and up. Wouldn't promise
       the work sooner than two weeks.

Focal Point- Repairs for professional cameras (2.25 in. format,
  eg, Hasselblad) done in-house, 35mm jobs farmed out to other
  Bldr repairman. Medium prices (around $85) and medium turn-
  around (week maybe, 10 days more like it).

Rocky Mtn Cam. Repair- Repairs done on-site. Mid-range prices
  (ca. $85). Medium turn-around.


My decision- I went with Boulder Camera Repair and paid $55. Upon
return my camera looks and feels good but to tell the truth I haven't
run any film through it yet. I plan to do so in the next two weeks
and will post another note if the results turn out lousy (but I don't
expect that to happen).

Thanks again to everyone that responded.


Rick
speer@cs.colorado.edu