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- Real Name: Matt Whitney
I'd very much recommend having a go yourself. The cost of any repair will pay good chunk towards a new camera. That's if anyone can repair them. There are no service manuals for any of the BMD cameras. No spare parts, even if BMD were willing to sell them - these were just in time products with very little excess manufacture. The boards are not modular and separate; something goes the whole lot tends to be a write-off. Chips and most electronic components, except capacitors, can last indefinitely but the lead free solder tends to break down - like all modern things the price we pay for the environment; in our cars and cameras now.
The XLR should be relatively easy to fix yourself; it's most likely that solder. The sensor you can have a go to at very carefully cleaning it; it's very common for them develop 'mould' spots, after time. People have had some success re-flowing the solder on electronic components, for issues there; but it's a bit hairy slapping these boards in ovens and such like.