Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rollie repair is a problem in the US. Their is a shop in Atlanta, Peachtree Camera Repair. If Bill is still working there then all your cameras can be repaired. If Bill has left/ retired then not so much. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 8:47 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > A couple of months ago, two different film processing outfits opened in > Chennai, doing both B&W and E6, so I purchased some 35mm & 120 film - > Ilford and Kodak are available, and I am sure I can, with a bit of effort, > get Fuji as well. The two film cameras of mine that were available on hand > were a F3/T and a F100, so I loaded them up with TriX and shot a test roll > each, and they seem to be working OK. I plan to go on a film photo walk > sometime later this week, after 15+ years! > > I took my Rollei TLR, Nikon F Photomic and Nikon F2AS out of storage > yesterday, and realised that all three require CLAs. Now I have to figure > out where I can get them done here. The technicians I used to go to 20 > years ago have all shut up shop and disappeared, their businesses decimated > by the digital revolution. I am sure I can get the Nikons done here, but > not so sure about the Rollei. Any ideas on who are the people who service > Rollei TLRs in Europe and the USA? > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:27 AM Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org > > > wrote: > > > I don't want to clutter everyone's inbox, so I hope everyone will accept > a > > communal thanks from my side. > > > > I've noticed that even out there in no man's land, it has been LUGers who > > have drawn my attention. > > > > I apologize for picking up a Nikon F2 with the plain, unmetered prism > last > > week. First 'new' camera in ages. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, 16:51 RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > nice to have you back here also > > > > > > ric > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 6, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Daniel Ridings via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > It's been a while. I guess I've wandered the scorching desert of FB > and > > > > even if there are nice things about meeting up with people from all > > over > > > > the world, I haven't run into more than a handful of familiar names. > > > > > > > > Can't explain why, but I've gone almost exclusively back to film, > > > starting > > > > about a year back. I suppose the pandemic is part of the reason. The > > > > pandemic combined with retirement (-ish) has led to plenty of time on > > > hand. > > > > I no longer need to stress my way through scans before a work day > > > begins. I > > > > have all day, if I want to. > > > > > > > > I've taken the opportunity to send in almost all my bodies and the > odd > > > lens > > > > for CLA's. I started with the III's. I was using them the most (I > > needed > > > > the diopter adjustment), but just in the last month I had my cataract > > > > treated (new lens in my eye) and can now focus an M. > > > > > > > > This is my part of my walk, corona walk, for the week. Nothing > > dramatic. > > > > The lack of drama is almost something I am trying to focus on. (Now > > that > > > I > > > > can ... with the M2). > > > > > > > > https://flic.kr/p/2kHuj1P Lindome Centrum (to the pharmacy) > > > > https://flic.kr/p/2kHqaWG Under the tracks on the way back > > > > https://flic.kr/p/2kHtN1s Front yard > > > > https://flic.kr/p/2kHuiXY Front yard, cleaning up winter's bird feed > > > > https://flic.kr/p/2kHtMZq Kitchen table > > > > > > > > Anyway, I am going to try to discipline myself. > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >