Taking Naveen’s advice I went to get my camera checked to find out the actual problem within the camera which the ‘Sony technician’ refused to check and claimed that the lens of the camera should be replaced (total cost is close to Rs.8500/-). Naveen found a thread in HPC with a list of camera repair shops. We went to the camera street in Chikkadapalli,Hyderabad [map]. Most of them sell cameras, lenses, flash and only few of them repair cameras. All of the camera shops I went to said that they need to look at the condition inside to identify the problem(which requires a day) and estimate the cost to repair it.
I chose Mr.Vishwanath’s shop out of the three we(Naveen & I) visited, since he looked like the most experienced person of all three and sounded experienced & professional. He said that he would need to check what the problem was. After a day, he called up saying that there is rust over the lens and said it would take Rs. 2500/- to clean it up and added that its only 90% of the chance that it would be fixed. I got another call after a day saying that the camera’s fixed. Felt lucky that I fell in the 90% chance. Now, the cam’s working its best.
I’d personally recommend him for any digital/analog camera repairs. I forgot to get a visiting card. But, here are the details :
Vishwanath Camera Repairing Center Cikkadpally, Hyderabad