[Leica] Photos of Matsue Castle; Plus, praise for Will van Manen and Cathy Kuiper of Kamera-Service,

[Douglas Barry]

Glad to see that the lens is not a write off, Peter
All nice and Japan looks, as usual, fascinating, especially like the one 
of the ladies with their Winston Churchill signs!

Douglas

On 18/03/2017 10:45, Peter Cheyne wrote:
> Frank: Yes, Kamera-Service were very fast indeed. And thorough. I posted
> the lens from Japan 24th February, and it was back in my hands 17th March.
> Impeccably adjusted.
>
> Jim (Nichols): Cheers! I only had time for snaps as I cycled into work. I
> like the colours of that lens, and the rendering. All taken at f2, despite
> what the Lightroom-added metadata says (the lens is uncoded).
>
> Lluis: Glad to hear you use Kamera-Service too. Our American friends should
> know of the options available in Europe. And,  incredible, no long waiting
> list! A three-week turnaround including intercontinental round-trip postage
> for a job that Sherry K., Don G., Leica Japan, and Leica Germany said they
> could not do--how commendable is that? Do we have LUG medals to bestow? (Dr
> Ted G. OC maybe broke the mould!)
>
> Nathan: Yes, it's a nice place, the old samurai quarter of Matsue, and the
> town where Lafcadio Hearn married his samurai-family wife when he moved to
> Japan from the US. My cycle into work (Shimane University) is right through
> the castle grounds.
>
> No I'm not on commission, just a happy customer, able to live the vida
> Leica with this classic lens again thanks to Cathy and Will. Here's their
> website one more time!---
>
> http://www.kamera-service.info/index.php/en/
>
> Andd email:  *kamera-service at ziggo.nl <kamera-service at ziggo.nl>*
>
> All the best,
>
> Peter
>
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