Kodak Ektra repair [Archive] - Rangefinderforum.com

DC1030

02-25-2009, 05:40

Can anyone recommend a repairman for a Kodak Ektra Camera?
Of course the shutter jammed after a few exposures...
I know it's the repairman's nightmare but anyone might dare to fix it...
thanks

andreas

furcafe

02-26-2009, 10:56

If you're talking about classic Ektra, the 1940s system RF, then the only person I know of is in the U.S., Ken Ruth of Photography on Bald Mountain (http://www.baldmtn.com/).

payasam

02-26-2009, 14:16

No one is likely to have experience of repairing an Ektra -- but competent repair people should be able to figure it out. The camera's shutter was of course the main reason for its rapid demise.

furcafe

02-26-2009, 14:38

Also the fact that it was introduced during a period of economic austerity & was extremely expensive, particularly after WWII, when German imports were relatively cheap. Bell & Howell's Foton suffered a similar fate despite being very mechanically reliable.

The camera's shutter was of course the main reason for its rapid demise.