Newton Ellis & Co Closing

[Ian-Barber]

Newton Ellis & Co. have been repairing cameras since 1948. We have brought back to life many cameras, lenses and camcorders.
But as with all good things, it must come to an end.
We are hoping to close in the second half of 2024.
If you plan to send us a repair, we would suggest that you contact us first as some jobs are very time-consuming.

If you would like to purchase Newton Ellis & Co. and all the websites, email addresses, goodwill, contacts and masses of spare parts and information, then please contact us by email or phone.

Newton Ellis - Newton Ellis film camera repairs

Looking for camera repairs in the UK? Then Newton Ellis is repairing all types of cameras, lenses and camcorders. Digital or film cameras, nationwide service.

www.newtonellis.com

 

[Diz]

Gutted. They were my go to repairs. I drop anything off on a visit to Blighty. Then my Mam could pick anything up ready for my next wander. As they said, 'All good things come to an end'!
Cheers
Diz

 

[Nas]

I wouldn't be surprised if Camera Rescue buy up all the spare parts.

 

[thronobulax]

Could one of you UK brethren explain something to me. If you were to, say, send a repair to the US, given that the item was yours in the first place and it is just being tidied up, are you on the hook for import taxation/VAT on the way back? (I don't think there is any such thing on the way into the US.)

I ran into this when I sent my Fuji GA645Zi to Fototech in Warsaw. They are the only ones I know of that can repair a well known flexible printed circuit problem with this camera (and they did so brilliantly). They warned me, however, that because of Poland's very high import duties, I had to fill the declaration form out a specific way to avoid paying outrageous fees on my own camera.

I ask, because I can suggest several very fine repair folk here that may be able to fill the void caused by companies like this closing. Two of the people I've worked with are semi-retired but still work as they find time. One of them was able to rescue an old Ilex shutter for a Kodak Commercial Ektar that had been heretofore unrepairable. It now works flawlessly. The other one has done a bunch of Nikon bodies as well as view camera shutters for me. There's also a really good Leica guy working full time that will turn your work around in under a week if you pay a 30% expediting premium, but his prices are very reasonable to begin with so this is a non-problem.

 

[AnalogueWendy]

I wouldn't be surprised if Camera Rescue buy up all the spare parts.

Fascinating - I had no idea that my tiny charity-shop efforts were part of a larger movement. I shall have to get a t-shirt . Do they have a UK section?
The charity shop staff just call me 'The Camera Lady'. Maybe I should re-brand as a one-woman 'Camera Rescue Squadron'.

 

[Nas]

Fascinating - I had no idea that my tiny charity-shop efforts were part of a larger movement. I shall have to get a t-shirt . Do they have a UK section?
The charity shop staff just call me 'The Camera Lady'. Maybe I should re-brand as a one-woman 'Camera Rescue Squadron'.

I don't keep up to date with Camera Rescue because their prices are out of my budget before shipping and customs from Finland are added.
If you want to see how large their set-up is have a look at this video:

It's long so you can skip through it if you like. The tour of their camera vault is in the second half. You've seen nothing like it. At some point one of the owners mentions he drove from Finland to the UK in a van to fill it up with spare parts he bought from a camera repairer who had closed down.