Nikon Servicing Vintage Cameras and Lenses in Japan for a Limited Time

Camera companies usually limit their repair services to newer camera and lens models that have plenty of replacement parts in stock, but Nikon is doing something different over in Japan: for a limited time, the company is offering to service your vintage, discontinued manual focus cameras and lenses.

For a fee, Nikon will perform a variety of inspections and adjustments to a range of older 35mm SLR lenses and cameras, including the Nikon F, F2, F3, FM, and Nikkormat.

If you hand over a manual focus SLR camera, here’s the list of 10 things Nikon will do for you:

Winding mechanism inspection
Inspection of rewinding mechanism
Shutter speed inspection
Exposure accuracy check
Infinite matching inspection
Body back check
Mirror operation check
Speedlight emission / synchronous inspection
Appearance Check and replace malt plane
Appearance cleaning

For manual focus lenses, the checklist includes 7 items:

Infinite matching inspection
Distance ring operation check
Check zoom ring operation
Aperture ring operation inspection
Diaphragm blade operation check
Inside the lens, dust and mold inspection
Appearance cleaning

The maintenance will be completed in an estimated two to three weeks after the camera is sent to the Nikon Repair Center in Yokohama.

For now, it appears that this offer is available only in Japan, and there’s no word on whether it will be available in other countries. To take advantage of the servicing in Japan, you’ll need to send your camera in before March 31st, 2018.

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