Anybody know where I can get a digital compact repaired for less than the £200 quoted by a well known high street chain? The screen on the back has cracked internally

I think you'll find it almost impossible to get a repair for less than the price of replacement.
A friend had to bin an expensive digi S.L.R. for the same reasons. The manufacturers are loving this resurgance of mass photography; - the likes of which have not been seen since the coming of the Box Brownie.
Speaking of which, you would possibly get better results with a Brownie, more reliability and less costs in the long and the short term.

UNless it's a really good one it will be cheaper to replace it and flog the faulty one on ebay. Somone might want one for reasons other than the screen.

Anybody know where I can get a digital compact repaired for less than the £200 quoted by a well known high street chain? The screen on the back has cracked internally

If you have home contents insurance, you may want to remember carefully where you dropped it.

Try Premier Electronic Services in Beighton - they repaired my Sony digital camera for a very reasonable £35 (after I bargained them down from £40).

thanks muzzle, I'll give them a try

Another recommendation from me for Premier - they have an oustanding reputation for things like that.

Harrisson's on London Rd?

Hello three year old thread!

Is Premier Electronic Services in Beighton still fixing cameras? The command dial on mine is playing up in a manner that suggests it has a loose connection. Going to strip it myself tonight and have a look, but it's nice to have a backup plan.

Full marks to Johnsons Photopia Ltd, the UK importers of Pentax. They replied to my email about spare parts for a five year old camera before 9am - and the spares parts are very reasonable too.

Just to confirm that the shop in Beighton is still there and is still repairing cameras, as we went there not long ago. However he told us that the only place for ours was the bin... but we eventually got it working again by following some instructions off the web, so I wasn't altogether convinced by him.

Thanks metalman. Hopefully I can fix it myself - the switch mechanism is either out of alignment, dusty, or broken. If it is the latter, Pentax can provide all the parts for £12 delivered - I'm seriously impressed!

Hi

Unless it is a really expensive camera it would probably be more economical to replace it.

Does the camera still work? Does it have a viewfinder? If yes to both then you are in the same sitaution as you would have been when film cameras were around. Except of course that you can take way more than 36 pictures on most memory cards.;)

Then when you get home you can upload them and review and edit.

Cheers!

Thanks metalman. Hopefully I can fix it myself - the switch mechanism is either out of alignment, dusty, or broken. If it is the latter, Pentax can provide all the parts for £12 delivered - I'm seriously impressed!

Hi

Unless it is a really expensive camera it would probably be more economical to replace it.

Does the camera still work? Does it have a viewfinder? If yes to both then you are in the same sitaution as you would have been when film cameras were around. Except of course that you can take way more than 36 pictures on most memory cards.;)

At £12 for parts it'd have to be a pretty cheap camera for it to be an uneconomical repair! Hopefully it won't even need those parts, I just haven't got around to getting a bigger resistor so I can dismantle it to clean it yet.

It works as it is, I just cannot select Manual mode, which I need to use my flash because it isn't dedicated. It's also stuck in centre weighted metering mode, which again isn't too much of an issue, but given the choice I use matrix metering or spot metering.

My plan is to clean it, then if it doesn't work to replace the parts, and then if it still doesn't work to just live with it :)