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Subject: [Leica] HELP!!!! - M3 disaster! Advice sought
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:37:50 +0100
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Thanks Jayanand,
Lluis, what do think?

Peter

On 29/07/18 19:04, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> There is a person called Malcom Taylor that some of the Leica users in
> London used to swear by, and our own Luis Ripoll has also mentioned using
> his services a few times. I tried googling for him and found this, maybe
> you could ring him up:
> 
> https://aymestrey.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/malcolm-taylor-leica-specialist-14479425.html
> 
> https://www.getdpi.com/forum/leica/17082-recommended-malcolm-taylor.html
> 
> I have no personal experience with him. Lluis would be the person to
> contact in the LUG that I know of.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>>
>> travelling in France. I knocked my M3 off my bedside tabls. what e and it 
>> fell
>> on to a floor of "tomette" tiles, landing square on its top plate.
>> Result is that I can only see the centre focussing rectangle and the
>> framelines.I presume that this means that I have somehow managed to
>> shake the viewfinder loose in some way.
>>
>> (i) anyone got any smart ideas to fix it in the short term;
>>
>> (ii) Obviously it needs to be properly fixed when I get back in two or
>> three weeks. Anyone got the name and address of a good M3 repairer in
>> the UK? I know it could go back to Leica, but I suspect they will charge
>> and arm and a leg and take forever, and as it non-current technology I
>> bet they won't be too keen.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> PS to make matters worse the IIIf is away for a CLA. I had thought about
>> Classic Camera and Red Dot in London but personal recommendations count
>> for a lot :-)
>>
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Replies: Reply from lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] HELP!!!! - M3 disaster! Advice sought)
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