Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Marc James Small wrote: > At 07:33 AM 1/26/97 -0500, Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com> wrote: > > >Two weeks ago I was getting ready for a ten day visit > >to Paris. I got out my R4 and opened the back to blow out > >any dust. Lo and behold I discovered that the foam gaskets > >in the door and camera back had crumbled to tiny pieces > >and had fallen into the camera. > > I'm rather surprised tht a "a former Executive Editor at Popular > Photography" would be unaware of the titanic effort Leica has made to notify > the public of this problem and to correct the defect. I believe if you take > your Leica to one of the tune-ups they do at camera shows their folks will > repair it free of charge or if you call Leica in Northvale, NJ > (1-800-222-0118) they will send you the gaskets at no cost. > > Marc > > > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > Thanks Marc. This is the answer I've been waiting for. Note that in at least one answer to my question I was blamed for the defect. I didn't know about the "recall", but I expected that Leica would do the right thing. It was just that I didn't hear about it, before this reply. Thanks again. Ed