I suggest it depends on what type of camera you have as to whether or not its worth repairing. The re-opened Jessops chain might help as might the Calumet camera chain but they are more in the high-end camera business. Try googleing too

Davie  8)

East Sussex, must be Park Cameras they are quite substantial. Google for their Burgess Hill branch. You will not find anybody bigger and more knowledgeable in E Sussex
www.parkcameras.com

Cheers one and all for advise. Will take a look at places suggested and take things from their. Thanks again. John

make sure you get a price for any work before you commit... it gets very expensive very fast. last lens I had done cost nearly £300 for a clean & service

I can’t think of anywhere in Sussex apart from DPM and the Clock Tower shop in Brighton. It looks like DPM has gone though http://www.dpm-images.co.uk and I’m not sure if the clock Tower shop is still there either http://www.clocktowercameras.co.uk . Maybe you could find somewhere nearby on this list and phone ahead?: http://www.ukcamera.com/towns/southeas.htm

I’ve had a camera repair done here before http://www.cameraclinic.co.uk/camerarepair.asp.htm
It’s in London, near Oxford Street, but maybe of use to you anyway?

I’ve also been direct to Canon before
http://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/services_locator/index.aspx

It looks like you could do a similar thing for other manufacturers too:
Nikon
http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/service_support/Repair+Centre/Support_Send_Repair.page?lid=2&lidsub1=0&lidsub2=0&lidsub3=0&lidsub4=0&sParamValueLbl=&sParamValue=&dcr=
Pentax
http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/repair-process.html
Olympus
http://www.olympus.co.uk/site/en/c/cameras_support/repair_service/repair_handling/index.html

According to my Dad, who knows about such things, many people use an INSURED courier service these days.
For example:
http://www.avcenter.co.uk
http://www.camerarepairservice.co.uk
http://www.digislrspecialist.co.uk
http://www.youcamfix.co.uk
http://www.camserve.co.uk
…which probably explains the demise of Jessops.

Many thanks for all the info Katya, will check it all out and see whos around still.
Def quotation first Mike, just to see what they think is wrong and then decide if its worth a full repair.

The last couple of times I've broken cameras it has been significantly cheaper to replace them through eBay than it was to repair them.

I did fix one myself by buying a broken one on eBay and combining the good parts from that with my camera to produce one working one. Total cost: less than a tenner.

Have fun,

Ian.

Everything is throw-away these days Jon

Yep guess things are. Now wheres the bin,  😀

Yay, Problem all sorted. Brought a cheap flash card reader and all works fine now. Thanks to on and all for your help. John