Re: [Leica] LENS REPAIR HELP

[csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net>]

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Pete Groh wrote:
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> Greetings:
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> I've been a sideline observer of the LUG for a couple of
> months now.
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> Hopefully, someone can help me out with a lens problem.
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> A couple of years ago I bought an M2, 90mm Elmar f/4, and
> a collapsible 50mm F/2.8 Elmar at an amateur radio hamfest
> for a couple of hundred bucks.
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> Everything seems fine except the 50mm lens is totally unsharp.
> Just a blob on the film. First, I thought I had left the lens
> collapsed when I tested it.  Tried again; same result.
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> Lens looks good -- mint minus. I suspect their is an element
> way out of whack or someone "borrowed" one of the elements.
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> Anyhow, might someone suggest an independent repair shop
> that might be be able to take a look at it.
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> (The M2 works fine and the 90mm Elmar seems OK,
> although it's certainly not as sharp as some of the modern-day
> lenses I use.)
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Pete J. Groh
> Castalia, OH

Either:
Sherry Kr=E4uter
Golden Touch Camera
(914) 496-8834=20
RR 2 Box 803
Purgatory Rd
Campbell Hall, NY 10916

or

John Van Stelten
The Focal Point
1017 South Boulder Road Suite E-1
Louisville, CO 80027
(303)665-6640
focalpt@ecentral.com
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