Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search][snip] > film is rewound and removed. My question: of course I can return to > dealer and get a different body (might have to spend more) or I can keep > this one and send for repairs. Problem is I'm leaving on an extended > trip in ten days and I want to have a second M body for black&white. > Since everything else seems to work OK, does anybody know any quick & > dirty cure that will get frame counter working or is this a serious > repair? [snap] Mike, I had some bad experience with equipment that was a out of wack when I bought it. It usually turned out to be damaged more than was apparent and repairs were more expensive than expected. My sample is rather small (1 body, 2 lenses), but I learned my lesson from it and avoid anything that is somehow defect even if the price seems to be tempting! One can probably make an arragement with the dealer: When you buy it fix the price *including* the repair arranged by the dealer (you have to be carefull that it will not go to some obscure garage repairshop but this is a very unlikely risk at my location). A friend did this two times with Hasselblad equip (500 EL, 5.6/250mm) and it worked fine. This way the dealer takes the risk if the repair is more expensive than he and you estimated. Otherwise I would give back this camera and take a better one. If I were you I would be afraid it could refuse to do its duty in the middle of the trip. best regards - -- Stefan Kahlert, Medizinische Poliklnik der Universitaet Bonn uzs13b@uni-bonn.de