Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So now all of the camera technicians from the India and Hong Kong will be applying to migrate to Australia ;-) Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 11:45 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon Nostalgia - Off Topic Howard, Nice shots of one of my favourite cities. A CLA on a MF Nikon lens with fungus would be US$5-8 here by a technician with around 30 years experience... Cheers Jayanand On 3/22/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Howard, I enjoyed the HK glimpses. It's been a VERY long time since I was > there, even though I've been several times. I've even done > the tourist thing and eaten a delicious meal at that monastery, I think. > But last time I've been, there wasn't even an airport > there. > I'm amazed that you could have that old Nikon gear cleaned up to that > sparkling state so cheaply. > For comparison a CLA on a single MF Nikon lens here in Australia (no > fungus) would be AUD 300.00! > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto: > lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Howard Cummer > Sent: Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:10 > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Nikon Nostalgia - Off Topic > > Hello Luggers, > When I was in India the old friend I was visiting gave me his 1972 > Nikkormat FT, together with a 50mm f1.4 Nikkor and a 200mm f4.0 tele. > We had bought identical equipment when working together in Kuala > Lumpur in the early '70's. My equipment was sold by the early 80's > (as I moved on to Leica) but he put his in storage in Singapore for > about 20 years. When he gave it to me the equipment, encased in its > leather cases (a BIG "no no" for long term storage) was furry with > fungus and I was unsure whether it could be restored or whether it > would make a good lamp stand for the den. Mr. Lee at Panda Camera in > Stanley Street undertook to tidy the lot up for HK$900.00 (US$126).