Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
1,650 people do this job in the US. $52,720 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 7%
- 0%
- 93%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 6%. Today's estimate: 6%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 15 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Install electrical assemblies and wiring in aircraft camera housings and memory cards or film in cameras, following blueprints and using hand tools and soldering equipment.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 15% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Assemble aircraft cameras, still or motion picture cameras, photographic equipment, or frames, using diagrams, blueprints, bench machines, hand tools, or power tools.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 14% | 2.1 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 12% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 11% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 10% | 33 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 42 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 8% | 29 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Fabricate or modify defective electronic, electrical, or mechanical components, using bench lathe, milling machine, shaper, grinder, or precision hand tools, according to specifications.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 2.1 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, or laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 33 min13 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, or specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method, and operation sequence.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Measure parts to verify specified dimensions or settings, such as camera shutter speed or light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Requisition parts or materials.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators14% now, 14% by 2028
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians17% now, 55% by 2028
- Motion Picture Projectionists3% now, 3% by 2028
- Lighting Technicians8% now, 12% by 2028
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment14% now, 20% by 2028
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers17% now, 17% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
- Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals230 people
- Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers180 people
- Elementary and Secondary Schools40 people
- Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance40 people
- Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance30 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).