[Leica] www.cameraleather.com

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

I can't get packing tape on a package without a wrinkle, and have the same
problem with contact paper. That's why I paid him to do the application. The
M4-2 I sent him is coming back with walnut kid skin on a black body. If the
vulcanite on my M3, M1, or IIIg starts crumbling like the covering on my
M4-2, I may try some Sequoia green.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan
Dimitrov
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 9:30 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] www.cameraleather.com


I've talked with him a few times in the past.
He seemed like a reasonable enough gentleman.
(I had planned to give a 2.8F white-face a makeover)

Slobodan Dimitrov




On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> No, I decided that I will give him 9 months (as I have waited that
> long to
> get other things back that were out for repair). I guess I got my  
> hopes up
> when it put on his web site that it would be anywhere from 3 days to 3
> weeks. At least the camera CLA guys let you know that it will be  
> 3-5 months
> so you don't get your hopes up. Both of my Nikon S2 bodies are in  
> the shop,
> as is a Canon 7. I typically use these meterless cameras when I am  
> fiddling
> with the zone system. I still have three meterless RF's but don't  
> use them
> as often because they gouge my eyeglasses. :-0
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Jeff S.
> Matsler
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:21 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] www.cameraleather.com
>
>
> Hello,
>
> He's done a lot of cameras for me over the years.  A few years back he
> refinished a Minolta XD-11 for me.  First he sent me the parts to  
> replace
> myself, but I couldn't make them fit.  He eventually sent me three  
> separate
> sets of leather trying to get a perfect fit.  Then he asked me to  
> send him
> the camera.  It was a long wait (I actually asked some friends the  
> same
> thing you've asked here), but when it did return, it was with a letter
> explaining that there are apparently a variety of sub-models of the  
> camera
> and this one had a few unique exterior characteristics.  He had  
> created a
> new pattern and installed it himself - all of which usually  
> requires an
> additional fee.  No extra charge for any of the extra leathers or  
> the custom
>
> job and it looked like factory work.
>
> If it's really been 9 months, I would email him or call him.  I did  
> with my
> XD-11 and he didn't mind.
>
> Jeff M
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] www.cameraleather.com
>
>
>> Thanks for the feedback. I have recently waited 9 months for  
>> something
>> to come back to me, so I'll put it out of my mind and be happy  
>> when it
>> does finally show up. But I may recommend to him (when my camera does
>> arrive) that he remove the "3 days to 3 weeks" claim from his web
>> site.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>
>
>
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