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Advance Camera Inc
8124 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Portland, OR 97225
Repair shop with free and for-fee servicing, plus new and used camera gear.
What this shop offers
Every line below is evidence-backed — pulled from what customers wrote in their reviews of Advance Camera Inc, or from the shop's own website. Call ahead if a specific job matters.
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Camera repair 17 mentions
“1 Folding buster brown repaired here, this camera is over a hundred years old and is very rare, it needed new bellows and the shutter needed new springs.”
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Used gear 3 mentions
“While employees have come and gone I recently visited after many years of absence with a beat up manual film camera.”
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Sensor cleaning 2 mentions
from customer reviews
What photographers highlight
The themes that come up again and again in reviews of Advance Camera Inc.
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Knowledgeable staff 5 mentions
“Incredibly knowledgeable and helpful in getting me set up with a Canon AE-1 and a remote shutter release cable.”
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Good prices 4 mentions
“The repair took about 4 months but was worth the wait and every penny, their people can work wonders and I highly recommend this store to anyone who needs a camera repaired.”
Brands mentioned at Advance Camera Inc
Photographic brands named on the shop's own site or in customer reviews. Stock moves — call before making a trip for a specific body or lens.
What customers say
I stopped by to get a quote on my Olympus Film camera that had stopped working. Another shop had quoted me $150 for repair with a minimum of a 3 week wait period. Advance Camera was able to fix my camera within 20 minutes and only charged me 20 bucks. Amazing customer service and knowledge.
I shipped in an Olympus OM3, the turnaround was around 10 weeks and was well worth the wait. This was the only camera shop that I found that was willing to work on this camera and I have shot a couple of rolls through it, and its working perfectly.
While hiking, my Nikon Z8 with a 20mm Z lens fell off of my daypack strap due to an inherently faulty PGYTECH Beetle Camera Clip and crash-landed on the sidewalk below. Fortunately, the only damage that I could find was on the lens's polarizing filter.
Brought an order digital camera in that was obsolete but highly sentimental but had been heavily damaged by someone. The awesome folks at Advance Camera not only hunted down all the parts to repair the camera and make it work again, they were great with communicating with us every step of the way and making sure that…
Hours & location
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 10 am–5 pm |
| Thursday | 10 am–5 pm |
| Friday | 10 am–5 pm |
| Saturday | 10 am–5 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Getting there
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