Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/05

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: where to send a Leica lens for CLA?
From: wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 17:55:54 -0400

Sherry Krauter at Golden Touch in NY recently had my lens back to me in two
weeks and did a marvolous and inexpensive job. I would highly reccomend
her.

kw

>I want to send my 135mm Elmarit-R in for a CLA, because it has
>recently developed some backlash in the focusing ring.  It doesn't
>make it hard for me to focus it, but I notice it every time I use the
>lens and it gets on my nerves.  Besides, backlash in mechanical
>systems that were designed not to have backlash is something that
>tends to get worse due to increased wear.
>
>However, I don't want to send it to Leica in New Jersey, because they
>have recently been extremely slow at repairs.  For example, they've
>had my P150 for a very long time now, like two months, and they've had
>an R6 that I had once planned on buying for K&S for about two months
>(I bought another R6 from Glazer's in Seattle rather than wait).
>
>So where should I send it?  Is there a Leica service facility in
>Canada with good turnaround time?
>
>-Patrick

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Ken Wilcox                                Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits
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