We are your competent contact for repairs & refurbishing on fototecnic devices and service workshop for Leica & Rollei analog makes.

. . . since over 50 years
specialist workshop
for these makes.

The repair shop for photographic equipment was founded in 1946 by photo mechanic Anton Paepke near Düsseldorf. His aim was to obtain customer service contracts for repairs to the products of several well-established photographic companies. Close contacts were quickly established with Leitz (Leica) and Rollei (Franke & Heidecke).

In 1955, it became necessary to relocate the company headquarters to Düsseldorf. In the 1960s, customer service was expanded through contracts with Bosch/Bauer (film equipment) and Metz (flash units).

For Leica and Rollei products, customer service was extended to all product groups. In the following years, Paepke – Fototechnik, under the management of Dieter Paepke, developed into a service company that was active not only in Germany but also in the neighbouring Benelux countries, France, Switzerland and Austria.

At our current location in Düsseldorf-Rath, we carry out repairs and maintenance for Leica and Rollei products worldwide. Our motivated technicians guarantee you professional repairs. On 31 December 2023, I handed over the management of Paepke Fototechnik to Mr Leonid Kopilevich, a long-standing employee. However, as I have not completely withdrawn from the repair service, on 1 January 2024 I founded a service for Rollei products, Rollei TLR 2.8 GX + FX series, Rollei 6008 series, Rollei Hy6 series and their lens series in the city of Ratingen under the name Paepke-Feinwerktechnik.

We have listed the current repair programme in detail for you under the heading ‘Service’.