Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Matt, My case is worst Matt, because at the end of June 2000 I sent my Noctilux for repair to Germany through Leica Camera (New Jersey) after the lens had received an impact that caused a barrel focusing problem. They were committed to repair it and my nocti was returned to me in September. The cost of repair was $136.50. When several weeks later I first tried the lens, I noticed that it had no been fixed properly. The lens still didn't focused on the infinite. At the end of January I sent the lens back to Germany (again, through Leica Camera (New Jersey), and a week ago they sent to me an estimate of $238.00, saying that the lens shows "signs of impact damage and the bayonet ring must be repaired" (?). That was exactly the problem for wich I sent the lens to repair the first time!! And the lens didn-t received any further impact after it came back to me from Germany, so the problem is de the same. The manager of Leica Camera (New Jersey, probably Ms. Brenda Olesin suggested me to contact Leica Germany and I sent in Monday a letter to Mr. Horst Braun c/c Hans-Peter Cohn, whose answer I'm waiting. Sincerely, Horacio Sofi >From: "Tomich, Matt" >Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:28 PM >Subject: [Leica] Waiting for Leica parts >Hi, > took my M3 to a camera repairman to replace the rangefinder in Nov 2000, >(the viewfinder had blacked out) and he ordered a replacement M6 .85 rangefinder >from the factory, but we are still waiting for the part. I think that 4-5 months is too >long to wait :( >has anyone else had similar repairs made to their camera and had trouble >getting replacement parts?? >cheers, >Matt