Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: DAG
From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:21:31 -0500
References: <200010181507.IAA21019@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <39EDE466.B98AA970@cloud9.net>

If he is the man, then Sherry is the woman. I am told that once your M5 has been Krauterized, it is really fine tuned, CLA'd, etc. I will let you know as my M5 is there now. Plan to send my just bought M2 to her after I run a few rolls of Tri-X through it. It took Leica, NJ over 4 months to do  a CLA on my M3 and they did not
address one or two things. I believe I will send it on to Sherry for a final check.

Douglas Cooper wrote:

> > Don really went the extra mile to insure complete satisfaction in every case. This high standard is
> > sadly lacking in most businesses today (don't get me started on this one). You can send DAG your LTM
> > with the confidence that it will be properly serviced.
> >
> >
>
> I'll go even further:  I wouldn't send my LTM (or my M) to *anyone else.*  My M3 DS was in pretty sorry shape -- had never been serviced -- and after Don's CLA it feels like a brand new camera.  My IIIc, which was pretty funky as well, is now in superb shape, after a partial CLA.  And Don was the only person I could find who
> was capable of fixing the helical play in my old Canon 50/1.4.
>
> He is the man.
>
> DC

In reply to: Message from Douglas Cooper <visigoth@cloud9.net> ([Leica] Re: DAG)