Welcome to Photographic Repairs
We are a company of technicians specialising in the repairing and servicing of photographic and digital equipment. With more than 50 years experience, we combine speed with quality, efficiency and reliability.
Technical factory training ensures that we keep up with the latest technology. All of our staff members and the director are dedicated and willing to go the extra mile.
We always strive for an exceptional standard of service.
A detailed record of your camera is stored on our computer system. Quotes will be phoned, faxed, text messaged or e-mailed as requested by you. A quotation fee will be charged.
A team of experienced technicians is at your service. All our repairs are guaranteed! Photographic Repairs has a large stock of spare parts for most makes of cameras. We also offer an emergency/tourist service. Photographic Repairs are the recommended repairers for many of the top photographers.
When you entrust your camera for repair, what do you expect?
While we have steadfastly embraced the ideals of quality, speed and reliability since we bought the business in 1969, our roots go deeper. In 1962 Mr Mario Van Woerden opened a camera repair business in Waterkant Street, trading under the name Photographic Repairs. Four years later, a workshop was opened in the Medipark building on the Foreshore, where they repaired Leica cameras for princely sum of R9.50.
In 1967 I joined the team, fresh from Switzerland. Two years later I bought the business in partnership with colleagues Horst Kromker and Dieter Munchow. Looking back, it is amazing for us to see the business we bought as three young entrepreneurs still flourishing after more than thirty years.
Our business grew steadily as we expanded our customer base and our dedication to our clients has been rewarded. In 1976 partner Horst Kromker left us to travel the world, and Richard Uzzell joined us to replace him, bringing his considerable skills as a Kodak- trained technician. The following year, my other founding partner, Dieter, left for Germany, only to re-join us six years later with new experience and insight.
In 1990 Axel Vennemann joined the company, enabling us to expand our services by repairing video cameras. This has added an important facet to our business and allows us to offer you a comprehensive repair service. Axel is now working independently as “Audio Visual Repairs” but still has his workshop on our premises and his administrative and business needs are looked after by Photographic Repairs.
We have been privileged to serve some distinguished clients over the years, like Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the British adventurer. The late Bruno “Penguin” Zender en route to the Antarctica, a world renowned photographer of penguins, first a valued customer and then a treasured friend.
For 30 years we occupied the 7th floor of the Broadway centre, overlooking Adderley Street. Operating out of Cape Town’s main thoroughfare, where we were privileged to watch the new South Africa emerge. Indeed, from this vantage point, we have witnessed great changes in our beautiful city over the last three decades.
As part of our ongoing commitment to satisfying your needs, we relocated to a charming town house in the vibrant Gardens suburb during March 2001. Easily accessible, just off Kloof Street, we can now offer dedicated parking and ground floor reception.
Each day we set ourselves the challenge of providing first class service, the goal that has occupied our minds for over four decades now. Indeed, it is this long history that allows me to state with confidence that we are unmatched in our ability to offer you quality, speed and service.
Photographic Repairs, for the best in service!
Our history is the knowledge of our past and the cornerstone of our future
Photographic Repairs and the names that have shaped and grown it from 1962 to the present: Mario Salie, Jop Van Woerden, Lillo Ciccoleri, Sandra Van Rensbur, Zelda Craig, Horst Kromker, Dieter Munchow, Yusuf Allie, Madeniyah Mohammed, Ian Peterson, Richard Uzzell, I Avontuur, Kim Kuhn, Hilton Laurence, Dennis Laminga, Kenneth St Joseph, Randall Sheldon, Charles Hofmann, Robert Kipfer, John Tonkin, Axel Vennemann, Greg Tilley, Christopher Hart, Natasha Nagel, Heidi Hendricks, Leon Craig, Petra Herbst, Elanza Ya-Nakamela, Gavin Withers, Ernest Brown, George Swart, Brandon Davis, Nicolette Long, Lynette Cuddumbey, Frank Askew, Daphne Gersey, Michele Stevens, Calvin, Marianne Barber, Karen Reiblein, Linard Morell, Chris Steyns, Claire Ellison, Sharon Van der Horst, Nick Cawood, Thomas O’Connor, Bianca Vennemann, Chloe-Simone Hofmann and Colette Adendorff.
It has been our pleasure and privilege to serve photographers, beginners, amateurs and professional in the Southern African Region. A more interesting, fascinating, artistic clientèle would be hard to find. You have enriched our lives, kept us on our toes and we are constantly seeking to keep ahead, focused and up to the minute with the latest technical advances. Thank you for your fantastic support and loyalty.
Our valued suppliers and support past and present: Frank and Hirsch, Peterhouse, Curt Saloman, Saul and Company, Photo Agencies, H Platow, Phototechnik, G&L Agencies, Singer Photographic, Tudor, Canon SA, Meltzer Agencies, Foto Distributors, FMG, Standard Bank, Investec,Waltons, Eagle Electric, Teltron, Foto Mark Agencies, Foto Distributors, BJ Oberholzer, Carl Zeiss, Orbit Motors, Gwynne Press, Stuart Ralph, Daniel Du Plessis (Labour law), Brian Roberts Electrical, Camera Repair Centre, Cape Camera Repairs, Grant Willemse Computers, Nashua Mobile, Electro Mech, Professional Photo Repairs, Fed Ex Couriers, Goeie Hoop Vervoer, Camera Services, Whysalls, Sure Travel, Newlands Avenue Motors, Engen Oranjezicht, Extrasmile couriers, Simon Whyte, BOE Private Bank, Intasure Southcape Insurance Brokers and others who are essential to our success for the future.
