Vivitar Photography - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

if it is broken off try taping it if it was broke in have then the same tape it

i lost the same part and i don't know what to do :(

A manual for the Vivitar V4000 is found here. http://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_cameras/vivitar_cameras.htm

Vivitar flash manuals: http://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_flashes/vivitar_flash_units.htm

You can find the manual here: http://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_cameras/vivitar_cameras.htm

From the instruction manual. This camera (as do most Vivitar cameras) takes two button batteries (LR44) at the bottom via the large screw off battery case. Make sure the batteries are placed in the correct way. The + of the batteries are the FLAT side of the battery, the bump is the - side. There should be a + or - pressed into the metal of the battery contacts. http://www.butkus.org/chinon/cosina/cosina_cs-2/cs-2-splash.htm

Try this place. Something simple as that on every film camera, yet there are multiple thread types and diameters. http://mikescamera.com/vivitar-repair-parts.html

Sounds like the electronics are bad.

A 500 mm mirror lens is a fully manual lens (manual focus no aperture change) using a T mount adapter to your specific camera. The T mount costs some $15. It depends on your camera how to turn off the auto focus and go to aperture priority mode. The aperture on a mirror lens is set, usually at F8, so the shutter is the only item that can be adjusted to get a correct exposure. A digital camera (set in adjustable ASA setting) can change it's ASA to help with getting a correct exposure. Manual for digital camera are usually on the companies' web site.

That camera uses standard button batteries (LR44) manual found at http://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_cameras/vivitar_v3800n/vivitar_v3800n.htm

Vivitar is just a name a company will buy to stick on their item. Someone make the camera and put the Vivtar tag on it, like Sears does. Vivitar never had a web site with their instruction manuals, even for their digital cameras. It's a real mess for those used cameras. Here is a manual for "A" vivitar film point and shoot. Basically they are all the same. Some have fancier lenses or bigger zooms. That is why they are called "point and shoot". Plus they are 20+ years old. http://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_cameras/vivitar_cameras.htm

I would doube if you could get that fixed for less then $80, you can picked up a used K-mount body (Pentax or Vivitar) for half of that or less.

Some of the SRL camera have a dial on them to "adjust" the eyepiece so you don't have to use glasses. Either that or you bounced the internal focusing glass back into focus.

If your viewfinder is black, the mirror on the film camera is up. That usually means the shutter system is out of whack... Repair would be too expensive. You can by a used Vivitar, Pentax body as a replacement as they use the same non AF K-mount lenses for pretty cheap. But again, they would be old cameras.

That is one old film camera. There is a screw under the glued on button on the film advance. If you can't advance, you can't fire the shutter. If that is all the problem, then it should work for awhile.

Vivitar is no longer in business, they just sell their name to add to merchandise. They are usually simple cameras but should take some sort of battery. There should be a side button to pop the back open. The film should lie flat equal to the end of the take-up roll. There should be a device on the back cover that pushes the film on the take up roll. There may be a button to turn on the flash (if it has one) and a lever to go to TELE. Not much else, point and shoot.

Fixya does not supply spares or replacement parts for any equipment, I'm afraid. Have you tried eBay, the mfr or your local friendly camera shop ?

Who are these people designing the leg locks. These are the poorest examples of engineering. Even a child could see that the leg lock begs to be broken. Maybe Vivitar should stick to flashes

Since you still have the nut, take it to your local hardware store, and ask the friendly guy behind the counter for a bolt to fit it. He will no doubt show you a selection - in your place, I would buy two or three of differing lengths to ensure one will fit. FWIW, I would also get a split or sprung washer, to prevent it getting lost again.