Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The LUG has a list of repair resources at this site: http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~leica/ Personally I can highly recommend Kindermann! Fast service, depending on parts availability and very informative and friendly. Their email addresses are: kindrman@istar.ca info@kindermann.com Cheers John Collier > From: MPpix@aol.com > > Hello. While I have been lurking for the last five or six months, this is my > first post. In January, I sent my M4-P and an M4-2 winder to Leica Camera, > Inc. in NJ to be CLA'ed. After the ten week estimated time passed, I called > and was told it would be returned that week. I received it the following > week and added it to my everyday gear. I noticed the rangefinder stopped at > minimum focus yet the lens continued to turn for 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch. This > was not a problem the camera had before I sent it in for repair, nor does my > other M4-P behave this way. Then while looking into the rangefinder window > from the front of the camera I noticed two fingerprints on the inside > elements. So back to Leica it went and I have received notice that it will > be eight to ten more weeks. So the camera had been out of my use since > mid-January and I don't expect to see it again until the end of June. > So where should I sent my Leica gear next time? I live in Alaska so mailing > equipment off far distances is the norm. > Maybe the fingerprints are the new way of signifying who worked on your > equipment and where. Forget those little "h's" and "w's" stamped in wax. We > can become fingerprint connoisseurs. Just think of the collector's value to > this one. > Sorry for the rant. I have been a working photojournalist for the last > twenty years and have used Leica rangefinders for the last fifteen. I have > been enjoying the LUG very much. >