Mark Hansen

I have completed my move to Stevens Point Wisconsin, and am set up and running, in my new home. As there is not a local camera shop, I am now allowing people in the Central Wisconsin area to meet me at my home. In Portland I did not do this, but the crime rate here in Central Wisconsin is much lower than Portland, and the people are nicer, so it's... not a problem. Just send me an email and I will make an appointment, with you. Hi. I am Mark Hansen, and I have been repairing vintage cameras since 1996; first as a hobby and then as a business. I started doing my own camera repairs, so I could enjoy using my camera collection. At the time I was having my cameras repaired by Bill Crispien of Custom Camera Craft, but this was not only costly but time consuming. So I decided that if I could rebuild the engine in my car, a camera should be no problemWell, I started with some very simple folding cameras, and TLRs and found that I needed lots of help. With Bills help and advice, I was able to master simple leaf shutters like the Klio, and Derval, and I soon had mastered Compur, Compur Rapid, and moved on to Syncho-Compurs, Pronotor, and Prontor S, SV, and SVS. All the while, I was collecting all of the cameras I repaired. As this collection began to become overwhelming, I decided to offer my cameras up for sale to students and amateur photographers, at very fair prices. Now, I am known for selling fully functional eighty dollar medium format cameras and doing quality repairs on all sorts of rare and obscure cameras. My collection has now shifted to 127 roll film cameras and some funky old TLRs. I mostly shoot with my Rolleiflex 3.5E1, my many Baby Rolleis or when I am feeling energetic, my 4x5 field camera. Most of my photography now centers on nighttime black and white, Rock Bands, or daytime color slides, in industrial areas, or around bridges, or with my model airplane club. Unfortunately, you will not find any of my nighttime pictures here, as they do not reproduce well in the digital format. One thing that has ...Read More